Why I Like Alloy Rims

 

My Wing blew a rear tire at 75 mph today and I didn't know it for miles.
The handling was wobbly but there was a strong gusty side wind I ascribed it
to.  Judicious use of rear brakes only after gollywobbles set in as I slowed
down with the front brake.  It do get your attention....

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-Phxbrd

 



Is that alloy rims or run-flat tires?

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It amounts to nearly the same.  It was also a matter of tubeless vs tube.
It was a Dunlop Elite.  I'll put on a new set of the same today.

 

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A bias-ply Dunlop tire has an extremely rigid carcass that makes for
an ass-pounding ride, and it wears funny too. But it will pretty much
save your butt when you lose all the air...

I have used tires with sidewalls that were so soft, I could mount them
without using *any tools*, just my hands and feet. I dreaded ever
having a blowout with tires like that.

Motorcycle radial tires were supposed to solve the comfort problem,
while controlling high speed tire growth. But the manufacturers
wound up wrapping their low angle plies (1) around hard rubber
"flipper strips" to provide sidewall rigidity.

If you want to read up on "run flat" capability and "flipper strips"
and "tail working", go here:

mc.bridgestone.co.jp/pdf/mcintroe.pdf


(1) Anywhere from 0 degrees to 44 degrees is a "low angle" compared to
a bias ply that is at 45 degrees to the beads...