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!
Btw, the closest car tire to the speedblends were the BF Goodrich
Scorchers:
http://wayneswheels.net/BFGoodrich.html
Unfortunately, the Scorcher tire never caught on and was quickly
discontinued by the company.
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