On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 10:29:34 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 00:42:49 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


Sun isn't the culprit -

To put it another way,
if the tires are stationary for long periods of time, temperature will
expand and contract the air inside the tire causing the tire to shrink
and expand unevenly because of the weight being applied all in one
place. Those cracks aren't from the sun drying out the rubber, but
from stress.


That is about the silliest stuff I have ever read. See:

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...rcracking.html

I stand by what I said.

Which, curiously enough, is pretty much what the article said with the
exception of sun.

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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