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> all-road bikes will “dwarf the previous road and MTB categories in scale and relegate them to the two margins of the market spectrum.”
> - Richard Bryne (founder of Speedplay)
> Bryne is not the only one to feel that way. Gerard Vroomen, the founder of Cervelo, sold his company – famous for its narrow-tire racers – to start two all-road bike ventures.
> René Herse wasn’t the first to discover wide, supple tires, either. Way back in the 1890s, bicycles became popular once pneumatic tires revolutionized their speed and comfort. The change was so profound that old bikes with narrow solid rubber tires were henceforth called ‘Boneshakers’! The whole idea behind putting air in your tires was to run wider, more supple tires. The first pneumatic tires measured about 43 mm wide – not very different from the tires many of us run on our bikes today!
The age of the Roadist is coming to an end
Thank God
History will forget you all
> Why was the joy of riding on a supple cushion of air forgotten time and again?
> the answer lies in a powerful placebo effect: Pumping up your tires harder makes your bike feel faster, even if it isn’t. \
Pathetic.
https://janheine.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/all-road-bikes-are-the-road-bikes-of-the-future/
> - Richard Bryne (founder of Speedplay)
> Bryne is not the only one to feel that way. Gerard Vroomen, the founder of Cervelo, sold his company – famous for its narrow-tire racers – to start two all-road bike ventures.
> René Herse wasn’t the first to discover wide, supple tires, either. Way back in the 1890s, bicycles became popular once pneumatic tires revolutionized their speed and comfort. The change was so profound that old bikes with narrow solid rubber tires were henceforth called ‘Boneshakers’! The whole idea behind putting air in your tires was to run wider, more supple tires. The first pneumatic tires measured about 43 mm wide – not very different from the tires many of us run on our bikes today!
The age of the Roadist is coming to an end
Thank God
History will forget you all
> Why was the joy of riding on a supple cushion of air forgotten time and again?
> the answer lies in a powerful placebo effect: Pumping up your tires harder makes your bike feel faster, even if it isn’t. \
Pathetic.
https://janheine.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/all-road-bikes-are-the-road-bikes-of-the-future/
