Michelin "iconic green" Wildgripper: year of introduction?

[WimVDD]

as per title: when did these entered the mtb-scene? Was it 1995 or earlier?

Thanks!
Wim

 

[nic0]

Re:

I would have said 1996

 

[Gerard]

Certainly at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, so I suspect introduced for 1996.

 

[WimVDD]

OK, thanks. So probably not before 1996. I was just wondering if I had a bike I could put the set on I recently found. ;-)