I took a short ride on the Katy Trail this morning. The air temperature was nice but the trail was soft. It reminded me of my mountain biking days.

20 years ago I had a pair of Specialized Storm Control mountain bike tires. They would have been perfect this morning. The thing that made them different was they had some oddly shaped knobs with rounded ends. They were real self-cleaning and would shed mud when everybody else's tires were completely clogged and acting like slicks. Unfortunately, they weren't particularly great for any other trail conditions. I used to take 2 wheel sets with me to our weekly rides - one with whatever was the popular tire-of-the-day and one mounted with Storm Controls for when it was muddy.

Just for fun, I googled Storm Control tires today to see if they were still available. There are Storm Control tires, but they have a different tread design. They don't have the rounded knobs that I remember. The new ones make do with widely separated square knobs. I wonder if they shed mud as well as I remember.