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The greatest mountain bike tyre that never was

The April 1992 issue of Mountain Biking UK magazine contained one of the most enduring bits of silliness in the history of cycling publishing. John Stevenson tells the story.

I honestly can't remember whose idea it was, but the blame probably lies on the shoulders of Rory Hitchens. That's what he says anyway, and that's good enough for me.

The early 1990s was a time of breakneck innovation in mountain biking.