We've come half-circle on appearances. In the 70s/80s, gumwalls looked techy, edgy and fast. Now, it's blackwalls that look techy, edgy and fast, while gumwalls (or challenge tan rubber) look traditional and laid back.
On Friday, January 17, 2014 8:00:59 PM UTC-6, cyclot...@gmail.com wrote: > > I love gumwalls! > http://www.flickr.com/photos/64942209@N00/4103817724 > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4103814910/ > > > > Cheers, > David > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Eric Platt <eperic...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hmm, back when I rode mountain bikes (ca 1984-89) the tires in general >> were gumwall. And broke down after about 6 months. That was also the >> problem with my last set of Pasela gumwalls. Barely 1000 miles before the >> sides started to pull apart. >> >> As one can tell, I prefer blackwalls for reliability if nothing else. >> >> Eric Platt >> St. Paul, MN >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Philip Williamson >> <philip.w...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> fyp: >>> >>> They still look like awesome tires to me. One more example of how MTB >>> has perfected our aesthetic sense... >>> >>> >>> Philip >>> >>> >>> On Friday, January 17, 2014 1:59:56 PM UTC-8, Steve Palincsar wrote: >>>> >>>> On 01/17/2014 04:38 PM, Evan Baird wrote: >>>> > At that time only low end tires would have been black wall, not the >>>> > kind of "serious enthusiast" tires Panasonic, Mitsuboshi, Specialized >>>> > and WTB were making in Japan. High end clincher tires were meant to >>>> > look like sew ups, because that's what you saw on pro bikes. It >>>> stated >>>> > with MTB tires and then became trendy with road bikes as well. >>>> >>>> They still look like low-end tires to me. One more example of how MTB >>>> has contaminated our aesthetic sense... >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >>> . >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
