<VV> Still wanna go bias?!

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/18/2007 9:28:14 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
rusecular at yahoo.com writes:

One  negative ride trait of bias-ply tires is what's called "standing set."  
This means vehicles equipped with bias-ply tires that stand still  
for long periods, without being driven, develop flat areas on the  
tread face.


 
As I recall, that is a characteristic of Nylon construction, not  necessarily 
bias-ply tires. The bias-ply tires that came as standard tires on  most cars 
were Rayon, not Nylon, because Nylon took a "set" and would thump,  thump, 
thump until they warmed up. Not what you wanted on the new-car test  drive! Rayon 
construction didn't do this. This is in reference to 50's and early  60's 
tires. I can say that the Nylon Bias-ply Race tires do the same, but our  race 
cars ride so rough that we never notice it, and we do tend to warm up  the tires 
pretty quickly!  - Seth Emerson