On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 9:37 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> This staggers the imagination.
>
> http://www.shadetreemechanic.com/michelin_new_tire_design.htm
>
> Would anyone want these on a Vanagon??
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver

Uh-huh. How lone before those spokes fatigue and snap??

I have doubts that this website is factual... lookit the edges of the
treads... not perfectly circular, with stress flats between spokes.

Also note the misspelling of "shear".

--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut
Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada
<goose1047@gmail.com>

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