Nylon was one of the first materials used for belts. I hear people used to
complain about the 'thump' for the first mile or so but it never bothered
me. Perhaps it was because I was so happy not to be riding (wallowing) on
bias ply tires or maybe because the roads on the way to the main drag were
so bad.

More likely their competitors used something else and it was advertising
hype.



"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
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> Probably the reason my old tires work so well, they cup around a
> rock they're about to climb. But embarrassingly square, cold.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>> Steel belts are hard to cut through..

 

Nylon was one of the first materials used for belts. I hear people used to
complain about the 'thump' for the first mile or so but it never bothered
me. Perhaps it was because I was so happy not to be riding (wallowing) on
bias ply tires or maybe because the roads on the way to the main drag were
so bad.

More likely their competitors used something else and it was advertising
hype.



"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:438F8025.AD73F5B@***.net...
> Probably the reason my old tires work so well, they cup around a
> rock they're about to climb. But embarrassingly square, cold.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>> Steel belts are hard to cut through..

 

Does everyone now use steel? It seems that for a while they were using all
kinds of different fibers.


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:438F8025.AD73F5B@***.net...
> Probably the reason my old tires work so well, they cup around a
> rock they're about to climb. But embarrassingly square, cold.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>> Steel belts are hard to cut through..

 

Does everyone now use steel? It seems that for a while they were using all
kinds of different fibers.


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:438F8025.AD73F5B@***.net...
> Probably the reason my old tires work so well, they cup around a
> rock they're about to climb. But embarrassingly square, cold.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>> Steel belts are hard to cut through..

 

Does everyone now use steel? It seems that for a while they were using all
kinds of different fibers.


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:438F8025.AD73F5B@***.net...
> Probably the reason my old tires work so well, they cup around a
> rock they're about to climb. But embarrassingly square, cold.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Billy Ray wrote:
>>
>> Steel belts are hard to cut through..

 

Hi Bill,
Probably. Steel belted radials work great on the street, Off-road,
and racing, nylon bias ply are best: http://www.rockparts.com/tires.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Billy Ray wrote:
>
> Does everyone now use steel? It seems that for a while they were using all
> kinds of different fibers.

 

Hi Bill,
Probably. Steel belted radials work great on the street, Off-road,
and racing, nylon bias ply are best: http://www.rockparts.com/tires.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Billy Ray wrote:
>
> Does everyone now use steel? It seems that for a while they were using all
> kinds of different fibers.

 

Hi Bill,
Probably. Steel belted radials work great on the street, Off-road,
and racing, nylon bias ply are best: http://www.rockparts.com/tires.html
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Billy Ray wrote:
>
> Does everyone now use steel? It seems that for a while they were using all
> kinds of different fibers.

 

Spdloader proclaimed:
> Bill.
> A long time ago I used to sell tires in a major chain. We stacked old
> tires out back, and let the public drop off theirs as well, within reason.
> We sold them to recyclers. The big chains have to have a way of disposing
> them, so your local "boys" might be able to help you with that, if the need
> arises.

It may have something to do with the huge tire farms that have crept up
around the country, causing havoc with water supplies, fire departments,
etc. Apparently the old ones rotted away more gracefully.

 

Spdloader proclaimed:
> Bill.
> A long time ago I used to sell tires in a major chain. We stacked old
> tires out back, and let the public drop off theirs as well, within reason.
> We sold them to recyclers. The big chains have to have a way of disposing
> them, so your local "boys" might be able to help you with that, if the need
> arises.

It may have something to do with the huge tire farms that have crept up
around the country, causing havoc with water supplies, fire departments,
etc. Apparently the old ones rotted away more gracefully.