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Studded mountain bike tires for icy conditions. Off-road tires used in mud or dirt feature individual knob patterns to allow the tire to bite into the surface and lever the sides of the tread to get a better grip. Given the smaller contact patch, these tires tend to wear quickly when used on asphalt (depending on type of rubber).
Tread worn away completely: especially when the wear on the outer rubber exposes the reinforcing threads within, the tire is said to be bald and must be replaced as soon as possible. Sometimes tires with worn tread are recapped, i.e. a new layer of rubber with grooves is bonded onto the outer perimeter of a worn tire. Since this bonding may ...
For example, in Texas, it is 8 feet (2.4 meters) for passenger cars, [6] and in Florida, the limit is 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). [ 3 ] In the Australian state of Victoria , fitting vehicles with "any protruding object that is likely to increase the risk of bodily injury" is punishable with an AU$ 379 fine , and wheel spikes may also increase the ...
Bar grip tyres, or 'NDT' (Non-Directional Tire) in US military parlance, are an early tyre tread pattern developed for off-road use. Bar grips are characterised by a solid rubber circumferential centre strip, with large solid cleat alternately to either side. These span the full width of the tread.
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Similar traction-improving patterns have been implemented on the surface of the wheels on tractors. These include strakes, where material is removed from the surface of the wheel to achieve protrusion; cleats, with spikes instead of straight bars; and lugs with raised rubber on a tire tread.
The word tire is a short form of attire, from the idea that a wheel with a tire is a dressed wheel. [3] [4]Tyre is the oldest spelling, [5] and both tyre and tire were used during the 15th and 16th centuries.
New Mail Ladies Safety bicycle, circa 1891, with solid rubber tires A tubed, clincher tire showing the inner tube protruding between the tire and the rim Tubular tire rolled from rim to show glue between them Clincher cross section schematic with 1: rim, 2: rim strip, 3: rim braking surface, 4: bead core, 5: inner tube, 6: casing, 7: tread