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• Caster angle
  ...|θ is the caster angle, red line is the pivot line, grey area is the tire]] ...umatic trail and varies with speed, load, steer angle, surface, tire type, tire pressure and time. A good starting point for this is 30 mm behind the nomin
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• Firestone
  ...''' was founded by [[Harvey Firestone]] in the late 19th century to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common ...irestone of the 500 defect, spurred by the lack of a Firestone replacement tire."
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• Dunlop Tyres
  ...Boyd Dunlop]] after he invented the modern [[pneumatic]] [[inflatable]] [[tire|tyre]]. Its first factory opened in [[Dublin]] in [[1889]]. The current company dates to 1990 when [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company]] bought the European tyre business, but not Dunlop Airc
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• Vehicle dynamics
  ===Tire specific=== ...ributes or aspects of vehicle dynamics can be attributed directly to the [[tire]]s. These include:
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• Unsprung weight
  ...e mass of components such as the wheel [[spindle]]s, wheel [[bearing]]s, [[tire]]s, and a portion of the weight of [[driveshaft]]s, [[Spring (device)|sprin ...its vibration isolation. Bumps and surface imperfections in the road cause tire compression--which induces a force on the unsprung weight. In time, the uns
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• Shock absorber
  [[Pneumatic]] and hydraulic shock absorbers commonly take the form of a cylinder with a ...[[unsprung weight]] up and down on the springiness of the tire. Since the tire is not as soft as the springs, effective wheel bounce damping may require s
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• Run flat tires
  ... km), or even 200 miles (321.8 km) depending on the type of tire. First patented in 1892, run-flat tires were re-developed in 1978 and offer ...t the side-walls from folding or creasing. The bead around the edge of the tire is also specialized to grip the wheel rim such as to avoid becoming detache
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• Tire manufacturing
  ...bled and cured. This article describes the components assembled to make a tire, the various materials used, the manufacturing processes and machinery, and ==Tire construction==
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• Tire
  [[Image:FirestoneTire.jpeg|thumb|[[Firestone]] tire]] A '''tyre''' or '''tire''' (see [[spelling differences]]) is a device covering the circumference of
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• Lancia Delta-20/30HP
  ...' : wheels in [[wood]] to races (on request: wheels to tangential to rays) pneumatic 820 X 120 * '' [[Steering Wheel]]'' : position right-hand drive; steering w
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• Bicycle brake systems
  With the introduction of the pneumatic tire also came the next advance in bicycle braking around the [[1890s]], the inv ...nt pressure to the rim but do not rub when released and do not contact the tire, which would lead to a rapid [[blowout]].
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• Understeer
  ...understeer behavior. [[Suspension (vehicle)|Camber angles, ride height]], tire pressure and [[centre of gravity]] are important factors that determine the ...al [[automobile]]) cornering conditions a wheeled vehicle with pneumatic [[tire]]s develops a greater lateral (i.e. sideslip) velocity than is indicated by
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• Suspension (vehicle)
  ...ontact with the tire. The paint has been polished off but no damage to the tire has occurred.(Note: NASCAR legal race cars have coil springs on all four co ...be thought of as the centripetal force pushing diagonally upward from the tire contact patch into the suspension roll center. The front jacking force is c
  29 KB (4,645 words) - 10:46, 8 October 2009
• Fiat 508
  * [[Pneumatic (vehicle) | tire]] s: 4.00 x 17
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• Grand Prix motorcycles
  ...31 tires (14 fronts and 17 rears) per rider . This introduced a problem of tire choice vs. weather (among other factors) that challenges riders and teams t ...nd. The track was resurfaced for the 2007 event, leading to concerns about tire choice on an entirely new racing surface.
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• History of the bicycle
  ...d with complicated [[bicycle suspension]] spring assemblies. The pneumatic tire made all of these obsolete, and frame designers found a diamond pattern to ...comfort but do not form a crucial design or safety feature. A hard rubber tire on a bicycle is just as ridable but is bone jarring. The frame design allo
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• Tractor
  ...turn. The split brake pedal is also used in mud or soft dirt to control a tire that spins due to loss of traction. The operator presses both pedals togeth ...way workman use with [[blowtorch]] cylinders strapped to its sides and a [[pneumatic drill]] [[air compressor]] permanently fastened over its [[power take-off]]
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• Wheel
  ...ed use without major modification until the 1870s CE, when wire wheels and pneumatic tires were invented [http://www.bookrags.com/sciences/sciencehistory/wheel- * [[Tire]]
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• Motorcycle
  * Tire characteristics and inflation pressures are important variables in the beha ...ders fear that aggressive use of the front brake will stop rotation of the tire and cause loss of control, or a skid, and therefore often fail to use the f
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