maybe they would catch on in the bmx world. those folks would look cool on tv riding bikes with speedblends during the xgames.
On Oct 14, 9:49 am, bfd <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Oct 14, 7:34 am, Larry Powers <lapower...@hotmail.com> wrote:> They always > seemed to me to be to bikes what spinners are to cars. I never saw how they > fit in with the Rivendell philosophy of classic bikes. > > You must have missed the RR that explained Grant's reasoning for > selling these tires. Apparently, he came out with and patented the > speedblend design. His original goal was to sell the design to a large > tire companies for use on car tires. If that was the case, he could > have, would have, maybe even should have made his millions. :) > > So, the speedblend tire was developed in an effort to get out the > design in the hope that a car tire mfr might see it and want to > license the patent. Unfortunately, it doesn't appear to have ever > caught on. Too bad, Grant could have used the money to further Riv and > the products he wants to developed. Good Luck! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
