On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> For tires - not much you could do. The would get so cold and stiff
> that when you started down the road the flat side next to the ground
> would remain flat. So your had four tires with flat spots going
> whumpity. wheumpity, whumpity, whumpity  down the road, shaking your
> teeth out until friction warmed the tire sufficiently to make the tire
> flexible.
>
> John Rodgers

Of course, that tire thing was true even in southern climes back in the
day, when we had nylon cord tires.  I remember it from Texas.  Not many
folks on here remember nylon cord tires.  I even remember when nylon
cord tires were considered a great improvement from the older cotton and
rayon corded tires.  Those tires were bias ply, too.

David