Front Tyre Wear Query

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Cheers
Ben

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by tactcom7

It's o.k Ben I appreciate the advice I meant how come it only happened around such a small circumference of the tyre (about 12 inches)
The plan was to take it easy back but I had some scooby up my **** for a bit and it all got a little silly lol

Si

It's got to go somewhere, like he says these tyres have no tread in the middle, so the other (nominally) 28" of tyre could have been fag-paper thin, just that 12" band tore first.

Should be fairly obvious from the fact that the start of those sipes has been worn away to nothing?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

It's got to go somewhere, like he says these tyres have no tread in the middle, so the other (nominally) 28" of tyre could have been fag-paper thin, just that 12" band tore first.

Should be fairly obvious from the fact that the start of those sipes has been worn away to nothing?

What's a sipe?

[yorkie_chris]

Groove in tread for water to be forced out of

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Groove in tread for water to be forced out of

Seems an unecessarily posh word for 'groove'!

[yorkie_chris]

I was just talking to someone (read: some other geek) about tyres, grooves go around circumference, sipes go outwards.

I'll try and remember that, might come in handy for a pub quiz somewhere.

Here's one for you, on aircraft tyres, the large lip on the outside which deflects water outwards is called chine.

[yorkie_chris]

Don't remember that, remember to change your tyres before they're completely effed!

Roger that!