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From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Tire Questions
Message-ID: <214@hoxna.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-May-84 22:09:23 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 23 22:09:23 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 30-May-84 09:18:20 EDT
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Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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People used to use solid rubber tires on bikes.  They also used to
use solid wood "tires" and tires made out of things like metal.
The advantage of pneumatic tires is WEIGHT.  Cutting weight on
rotating parts of your bicycle will drasitically improve
performance.
-- 
Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB
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