Learn how tire tread patterns influence ride comfort, traction, handling, noise and performance in different driving ...

While mixing different tire treads is sometimes unavoidable, owners need to follow a set of strict rules to stay safe and ...

Tread design subtleties, such as the complex zig-zag shape of the blocks as seen on this Michelin XDA Hypersipe retread, can improve traction by doing a better job of expelling water, mud, snow or ...

Tread patterns on tyres help to displace water, but there's a limit to their abilities (Photo by Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images) If you’ve ever been in a car as it drives through ...

Tire-tread patterns can tell you a lot about a car's overall performance. You may be familiar with palmistry, a category of fortune-telling based on interpreting the creases and lines on the inner ...

Pirelli has distinguished itself in the tire market by creating products for its performance and racecars with technology that can then be applied to luxury and general consumer cars. The brand’s ...

Selecting the right tread pattern for tires used on the often-hostile road surface of a construction site, as shown here on this dump truck, can help resist "chipping and chunking" caused by stones ...

You may be familiar with palmistry, a category of fortune-telling based on interpreting the creases and lines on the inner surface of a person's hand. Some folks will read the soles of your feet, too.

FORT MILL, S.C.—For more than a century Continental A.G.'s tires have been defined by greater performance and safety thanks in great part to tread patterns. And this year, the company marks a ...

The following was published in CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit, 8th edition, sponsored by Valvoline Heavy Duty. CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit is a ...

While a truck’s application plays the primary role in selecting a tread pattern, there are really only two options: lug and rib. Greg Kidd, Sales Engineering for Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, ...

Goodyear has a new tire concept, called reCharge, that includes biodegradable tread that can be "recharged," by shooting out new sections as needed. A liquid compound held in the center of the tire ...