Siping has been around since the first man, John Sipe, kept slipping on the slick floors of his job. Somehow, he figured out that a few shallow slices across the soles and heels of his shoes would ...

Engine and chassis guys often don't want to hear it, but in many ways the tire specialist is right when he says that those four black rubber doughnuts are the most important things on any race car. It ...

Modern tires may seem like a single piece of uniform rubber, but they consist of many parts. Some — such as the beads, radial cord, inner liner, and belt plies — are behind the curtain, so to speak, ...

When talking about the sipes on a tire, car owners typically refer to the process of adding more thin cuts, slits, or kerfs in the tread blocks. The siping process involves a machine that rotates the ...

I really began to appreciate tyres when I was a very poor hippie in the early 70s, driving around in a series of very big and heavy American cars. I especially loved my 1959 Pontiac, with the huge ...