There are many in the world of mountain biking who look at the ever-expanding range of wheel and tyre options on modern bikes with the air of someone who has discovered something unpleasant on the sole of their shoe… like Donald Trump.
“It’s all a cunning conspiracy to get us all to buy new bikes,” they mutter, unaware that, to be honest, the last thing we mountain bikers need is new ways to sell us stuff, when the old ways seemed to be working so well, suckers that we are.