I made a crack in a recent message that I thought that Grand Bois 
(large or great woods, in French) was a silly name for a tire. Now 
I'm finally reading the recent Bicycle Quarterly, and discover that 
the name comes from Le Col du Grand Bois, which Velocio climbed many 
times. I should have known that.

The company Grand Bois was started in Japan in 1996 by Ikuo Tsuchiya, 
and I assume (but don't know for sure) that besides bicycles, they 
also spec these tires (which are made by Panasonic).

Anyhow, nice tires. I have the 28mm sized ones.

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