2006-10-15 01:30:34 · 2 answers · asked by Jay H 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Most all Michelin car tires are molded from layers of cording steel screen and bead wire and synthetic rubber compounds in lots of layers. Michelin for years have used an unique segmented molding process that produces better vulcanizing of the tread to the carcass of the tire. The molding produces a better more round tire. There are many plants all around the world and Michelin will be sorely missed at Formula One events next year.
2006-10-15 01:51:34 · answer #1 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MICHELIN HI-LITE HOT
Made in France, the 26 x 1.95" Hi-Lite Hot is one of Michelin's two entrants in the Mountain tire market. The other, the Express hasn't been seen in the US for quite a while. It comes as a Skin sidewall tire only, and only with a weight reducing Kevlar bead. The tread is not labeled as directional and relies on just two tread block shapes. Staggered down the center are multi-sided blocks in an abstraction of a "U" shape, with the base broader than the blocks top to assist in mud release. The second block style, used for the edge tread blocks on both sides of the tire look like the "base" half of a "U" done as a bold block character. The top and base of the edge blocks are the same size. The tread at the base of the blocks is relatively smooth, with vast area between the tread blocks. The tread stock rubber tested to an 67/A hardness.
2006-10-15 01:32:36 · answer #2 · answered by ☺♥? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋