Dodgy tire?

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:48:42 +0000, Sean Doherty <>
bored us all completely to death with wittery prose along the lines
of:

I need to send you the latest version of my code, for you to have a
butchers at too. I'll try to do that tonight for you to comment on

 

Aye, will do.

Peer, review is the way forward.

 

Works every time.

 

I've been told that this isnt the case and that the depth of tread (or
rubber on the carcass) makes a difference to how easily the tyre warms
up. Worn down tyre means there is less rubber on the carcass to move
about so it wont warm up as easily. Dunno if this is the case.

Its been over 3 years since I've had a nice new pair of road tyres on
a road bike[1] so I dont really know.

Steve

[1] Always used shagged out old race tyres that although still have
loads of tread have had the rubber go off through all the heat cycles
- but still alright for commuting on.

 

You started it


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This is of course quite correct. The tread 'squirms' and this
movement generates heat.

<teaching grandma to suck eggs>
One of the reasons why slicks are so sticky is that they can use much
stickier rubber without overheating. This effect can also be seen if
you do a track day on a road orientated tyre like a BT010 - it'll
overheat, and shed rubber

heh. You really are a pikey road racer, aren't you.

 

****, I've just noticed. I must be tyred.

 

And possibly a little deflated.

 

On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 16:13:50 -0000, "CT"
<> bored us all completely to death with
wittery prose along the lines of:

A bit worn around the edges too.