On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:00:05 -0500, "Gene Kearns"
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:49:46 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:


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.


Well, we sure got different content out of *that* article!

You missed the part about, "The repeated stretching of the rubber
compound actually helps resist cracks forming," I think.

Actually, I have heard the Michelin Tire rep talk repeatedly about the
deleterious effects of sunlight and ozone on tire.... never once have
I heard anything about tires exercising themselves into cracking with
diurnal heating and cooling. Next time I catch him at a training
seminar, I'll ask.

LOL!!!!

Yeah - well sometimes personally held opinions take a long time to die
even in the face of logical, cogent and perfectly reasoned scientific
evidence.

I was told that a long time ago and it's always stuck with me. Oddly,
it is a technique that I have used on my boats and trailers and the
last trailer I sold had a set of ten year old tires on it and nary a
crack.

Perhaps it's time I return to school and "larn sumthin' gnu".

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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