Why do tyres square off?

[stolzy]

Because I ride on too many straight roads, I know, but surely it is not beyond the wit of man to develop a tyres that wears eveny across the width.

 

[Greg Masters]

surely it is not beyond the wit of man to develop a tyres that wears eveny across the width.

Go on then - you'd make a fortune.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Here you go, take your pick, none of these wil square off and you'll easily get 20,000,000 miles out of them

Alternatively you could go with a modern tyre that is soft enough to grip like shit to blanket, handles like a dream and has enough wet weather grip to let you ride the same wet or dry

Andres

 

[Timolgra]

I was talking to a Continental tyre rep the other day who said they're developing new tyres as close to the Tourance as possible but with duel compound ie harder in the middle.

 

[stolzy]

I was talking to a Continental tyre rep the other day who said they're developing new tyres as close to the Tourance as possible but with duel compound ie harder in the middle.

Seems so obvious - I'm surprised all tyres aren't made that way.

 

[Deleted account 211025001]

Seems so obvious - I'm surprised all tyres aren't made that way.

Lots are?

Andres

 

[Engineer]

Because I ride on too many straight roads, I know, but surely it is not beyond the wit of man to develop a tyres that wears eveny across the width.

It is easy but it would have to be so bloody hard in the middle that you would complain that it had no grip and was always spinning up when you accelerated in a straight lline.

 

[stolzy]

It is easy but it would have to be so bloody hard in the middle that you would complain that it had no grip and was always spinning up when you accelerated in a straight lline.

If that's the case, then the sides of the tyre must be unnecessarily hard. Why not make them softer so I can enjoy even more grip in the twisters?
At least I won't then be wasting half the tyre.

 

[Fanum]

Thread HERE

 

[Schtum]

Thread HERE

Yes, the Dark Side as they call it in an attempt to imbue what is really a pretty stupid idea (unless you're fitting them to an outfit) with some kind of mystique.

Oh and they one's a Blizzak - a winter tyre....

 

[Fanum]

Yes, the Dark Side as they call it in an attempt to imbue what is really a pretty stupid idea (unless you're fitting them to an outfit) with some kind of mystique.

Oh and they one's a Blizzak - a winter tyre....

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Which one's they then?

 

[RedRick Esq.]

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Which one's they then?

That tyre looks a little under inflated to my eyes and if that is the case then the contact patch or footprint will be larger than correctly inflated !
of course i could be wrong

 

[Engineer]

If that's the case, then the sides of the tyre must be unnecessarily hard. Why not make them softer so I can enjoy even more grip in the twisters?
At least I won't then be wasting half the tyre.

True but how long would you like your tyres to last? - you can still ride thousands of miles with squared of tyres they just don't feel so great.