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From: wagner@uw-june (Dave Wagner)
Newsgroups: net.bicycle
Subject: Re: Tire Pressure, etc.....  & Turbo R's
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 20:39:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 20:39:05 1985
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> From peters@cubsvax.UUCP (Peter S. Shenkin) Sat Feb  5 22:28:16 206
<< regarding Turbo-R's >>
> Ever tried them in the rain?  (I haven't, but I suspect that's where they'd
> lose it.  Just like smooth automobile tires, which have been around for 
> years, and which do hold the track better than treaded tires when it's dry.)
> -Peter S. Shenkin
> 
> 
Supposedly, (and this is just something I picked up from the advertisements)
the reason treadless auto tires fail in wet conditions is that they have a
very wide, flat profile, and so there is no way for water to get out from
underneath them.  Bike tires, on the other hand, have a round profile
and are considerably narrower - which tends to sqeeze the water out on
either side.  Seems reasonable.

			Dave Wagner
			University of Washington Comp Sci Department
			wagner@washington.arpa
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