On 14 Apr 2007, , at 09:24, neil wrote:

> btw, how does one accurately ID if a tire is a retread?

you are standing on the side of the road,
next to your rig
one of the four tires looks like a cheetah slick
on the back of your twenty-inch
stingray (5 speed, banana seat,
mid size sissy bar)
the tire is still holding air
and
in your left hand
like an apple skin
or yard goods
that cant wait to
become sandals
is a seven foot
long piece of tread
or your driving down the highway and suddenly
BANG and the steering lurches hard in
your hand and then the world
in the windshield tips up on its side and then
sickeningly goes over and
over
again and what comes next
no one knows no matter what they
say.