27.5" tires and tubes: why?
12-12-20, 10:19 AM
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I take it as a tacit admission that the “29er” was a bad idea. I’m expecting the brand new 559er to come out any day now. The ad copy could read “more nimble”, “easier climbs”, “better cornering”, “stiffer”, etc. People would flock to buy a whole new class of revolutionary bikes!
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Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
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12-12-20, 11:23 AM
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I take it as a tacit admission that the “29er” was a bad idea. I’m expecting the brand new 559er to come out any day now. The ad copy could read “more nimble”, “easier climbs”, “better cornering”, “stiffer”, etc. People would flock to buy a whole new class of revolutionary bikes!
Somene will try to regurgitate the recumbent and call it something else . . .
Someone will try to do a push on large front / small rear wheeled MTB / Cross bikes . . . as may be happening already in the electric dirt bikes.
. . . and of course they'll all get "new" "labels".
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Disclaimer:
1. I do not claim to be an expert in bicycle mechanics despite my experience.
2. I like anyone will comment in other areas.
3. I do not own the preexisting concepts of DISH and ERD.
4. I will provide information as I always have to others that I believe will help them protect themselves from unscrupulous mechanics.
5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
