Originally Posted by Wilfred Laurier

Usually I could explain this to people, but many had their heart set on doing crosstown commutes on 2.2" wide knobby tires, so there was not as much I could do. I am sure most of those intentionally slow bikes are hanging in a garage somewhere with the molding hairs still on the tires. (to be fair, probably half of all bikes sold never or seldom get ridden by the original owner)