About seven gallons of oil are used in the production of each car tire. To reduce their dependence on the fickle supply of petroleum, Goodyear Tire and Rubber has experimented with soybean oil and discovers it works pretty well. Goodyear have discovered that their soy tires require less energy to manufacture and last up to read more
Mountain bike hall-of-famer Steve Boehmke launched a Kickstarter project to gauge interest in Hutchinson’s “Serenity” flat-proof bicycle tires.
My co-worker Vince was Just Riding Along in Morgan Hill, California last weekend when his rear wheel buckled.
Ever since John Dunlop invented the pneumatic tire for his son’s tricycle in 1887, tinkerers have crafted various self inflating bicycle tires using either a pump built into the hub or using the compression between tire and road as the pump. San Francisco entrepeneur Benjamin Krempel wants to commercialize this potentially useful idea, calling his read more
Should I boot this or pitch it and buy new? The sidewall rubbed through because I was lazy about brake pad positioning.
I’ve done a lot of winter cycling on icy roads on various tires, and I can’t emphasize enough what a difference studded tires make. Studded tires are the difference between dangerous and hesitant riding to confident cycling and maneuvering.
