rhubarb414

We need the suspension autopsy. What a cool record to go for.

I can't ride a bike with the same logo as a random "auto spa": https://www.pinkbike.com/photo/24174079/

Love the choice of frenetic editing to match one of the most famous frenetic classical movements. The result is not for everyone, but I think the execution was nailed.

I can imagine my old shop manager shouting the same thing. Beautiful.

I'd take out the razor beforehand

@topherdagopher: I didn't mean you were conflating. I meant google or the hypothetical website filter. Like yeah, the sample population in your results is conflating "construction style" with "color" regarding skinwall tires.

@topherdagopher: Good point about your google results conflating color with a term that describes sidewall construction. If for instance a website's search filters said "Sidewall color: Black" for one tire and then "Sidewall color: Skin" for another, that would be f'ed. Maybe that's the biggest takeaway for skinwall/tanwall/gumwall: Skinwall refers to a particular construction technique, regardless of the color of the casing. While tanwall refers specifically to the color, both for skinwall and gumwall tires. So for this Onza tire... could be skinwall or tanwall... but not gumwall. And if you don't know the difference... tanwall is always a good bet.

@topherdagopher: I'm not a bike tire historian or anything, but for me the casing of the tire acts pretty much how a skin works in others situations. For example: If we say a bike tire is fundamentally built of a casing that keeps the air in plus a tread that provides traction, that seems similar to me to how an animal skin keeps all the guts in while the fur provides warmth. The skin or casing is the thing that keeps all the inside stuff... inside. And since the casing is very visible on a "skinwall" tire, that's where I was assuming the term originated. Without any references to cite, I can't say whether or not the term was coined based on the other skin we're familiar with – our own human skin, which in itself wouldn't seem problematic to me if it were true. As far as the term being based on a narrow idea of what a "normal" human skin color looks like, I have already linked a couple examples of different colored skinwall tires which signal to me that the term is likely more about the function of the casing rather than the color of it. I certainly could be wrong without knowing the real scoop about the term, so, share it if you got it!

@ctxcrossx: I uploaded some pics I googled of old mtb tires with black and red skinwalls if yr interested. It's def not the fashion these days, but it's existed! https://www.pinkbike.com/u/rhubarb414/album/Tires/