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The Tire Question. . .
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davester wrote:
That Nokian quote is pure marketing fluff. There's no way to judge the performance of a tire based on whether or not it has assymetrical tread. It's just one of many design characteristics a tire has. To use that as a measure would be about the same as using the numbe of megapixels to define camera quality. . .

That wasn't my question. What I'm asking is whether dividing a tire tread into two—or three, or four—different zones, each designed for different road conditions, is a viable and valid approach to tire design, and can really accomplish what the manufacturer intends. Or is that just a marketing ploy?

Obviously any approach, zoned/asymmetric or uniform/symmetric can be done well or badly. The question is: Does asymmetric make sense? It would seem to, but then it's not as if in, say, slushy conditions one-third of the tread takes over and the other two go away—wouldn't they be compromising the first?

I expect that, marketing aside, there is an art and science to tire design. I wonder what the designers think.

Tire Rack is limited. Anyone know of a site that reviews more brands?

/Mr Lynn
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The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-19-2010, 11:49 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-20-2010, 12:04 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by Don Kiyoti - 11-20-2010, 12:26 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by michaelb - 11-20-2010, 12:29 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by davester - 11-20-2010, 12:37 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by M A V I C - 11-20-2010, 12:43 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by wurm - 11-20-2010, 12:46 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by michaelb - 11-20-2010, 12:55 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by Sam3 - 11-20-2010, 01:10 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-20-2010, 01:31 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-20-2010, 01:35 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by OWC Jamie - 11-20-2010, 01:35 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by M A V I C - 11-20-2010, 01:51 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by davester - 11-20-2010, 02:06 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by Dakota - 11-20-2010, 02:28 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by DRR - 11-20-2010, 04:49 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by testcase - 11-20-2010, 05:15 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by M A V I C - 11-20-2010, 06:27 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by SteveO - 11-20-2010, 02:16 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by billb - 11-20-2010, 04:56 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by M A V I C - 11-20-2010, 08:00 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-21-2010, 04:38 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by davester - 11-21-2010, 07:29 AM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-21-2010, 12:27 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by mrlynn - 11-21-2010, 03:34 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by davester - 11-21-2010, 05:44 PM
Re: The Tire Question. . . - by DRR - 11-22-2010, 05:41 AM

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