just wanted to give my tire opinion
08-27-2007, 09:00 AM
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I can't argue with what you say.... but I might throw out a following guess!
With an inch of water on the road and any pasenger street vehicle traveling at 50-70 mph, I could argue that tread design won't make any difference.
It will hydroplane!
(yes...totally different hypothesis)
RJ
I can't argue with what you say.... but I might throw out a following guess!
With an inch of water on the road and any pasenger street vehicle traveling at 50-70 mph, I could argue that tread design won't make any difference.
It will hydroplane!
(yes...totally different hypothesis)
RJ
08-27-2007, 03:39 PM
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There's actually a good case to be made that tread design doesn't matter much.
The significance of tread, imo, is improved traction at speeds below the hydroplaning point.
A purpose-designed "aquatred" type tire *might* make a slight improvement in delaying hydroplaning until a couple mph higher, but you won't see more than a couple mph improvement.
I'd submit that a tire's shape (tall/narrow vs short/wide) has a much greater impact on hydroplaning than tread design does.
The comparison to boat hulls isn't really valid, in retrospect, because hull design varies considerably while tires have essentially the same basic shape-- and tread pattern relative to hull design is a non-sequitur.
Sorry for contradicting myself, but I didn't think this through as deeply as I should.
Justin
The significance of tread, imo, is improved traction at speeds below the hydroplaning point.
A purpose-designed "aquatred" type tire *might* make a slight improvement in delaying hydroplaning until a couple mph higher, but you won't see more than a couple mph improvement.
I'd submit that a tire's shape (tall/narrow vs short/wide) has a much greater impact on hydroplaning than tread design does.
The comparison to boat hulls isn't really valid, in retrospect, because hull design varies considerably while tires have essentially the same basic shape-- and tread pattern relative to hull design is a non-sequitur.
Sorry for contradicting myself, but I didn't think this through as deeply as I should.
Justin
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