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Most of the people here just aren't old enough to remember when narrow, high pressure tires first became common. It was in the early 1970s when the Japanese tire manufacturers started to export 27" tires in either 1+1/4 or 1+1/8 inch sizes. I remember it because I could finally get rid of those sew-up tires that were so much of a pain to patch. You unsewed the tire, pulled out a section of the tube to patch it, and then glued the tire back on to the rim. It was about the same time as the multi-speed road bikes (10 speeds at the time) first took off in popularity. So much for the history lesson.