Yup, Jobst was before the 650b (584mm) craze. He developed the Avocet Fasgrip 700x28 (28-622) clincher and had the best cornering shot ever!
Good Luck! On Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at 4:03:56 PM UTC-7, William deRosset wrote: > > Dear Patrick, > > Jobst was an early and vocal proponent of 28-622 clinchers, specifically > the nicer slick-tire Avocets. Once those came available (he was involved in > their testing and promotion), he was no longer riding (wider) tubulars and > advocated for the continuation of the MA-2 rim extrusions, full > ferrules/eyelets, and 36° 3X builds for 700C sporting use (he recommended > 32° for 559 rims). I don't know where he would have landed on the current > wide-tire movement/craze. He also had a reductionist approach (if it cannot > be measured conveniently it doesn't exist) and was a cranky-sounding dude > in his online persona. > > Best Regards, > > Will > William M. deRosset > Fort Collins, CO > >> >> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.