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thumb|Tire on a truck thumb|Assorted new automotive road tires, showing a variety of tread patterns. thumb|Tractor tires have substantial ribs and voids for traction in soft terrain.
aquaplaning
thumb|A diagram of an aquaplaning tire thumb|Two vehicles aquaplaning through large puddles on the road's surface
Dunlop Tyres
International tyre brand
snow tire
tires designed for use on snow and ice
spare wheel
additional wheel carried in a motor vehicle as a replacement for one that goes flat, has a blowout, or other emergency
bicycle tire
a tire that fits on the wheel of a bicycle
tire-pressure monitoring system
electronic system in vehicles
run-flat tire
pneumatic vehicle tire
valve stem
self-contained valve which opens to admit gas to a chamber and automatically closes to prevent the gas from escaping
Rubber
2010 film by Quentin Dupieux
Racing slick
type of tire used in auto racing
Formula One tyres
custom designed tyres for F1 cars meant to maximize traction at the expense of durability
BFGoodrich
thumb|right|Series of BFGoodrich off-road tires BFGoodrich is an American tire brand. Originally part of the industrial conglomerate Goodrich Corporation, it was acquired in 1990 (along with Uniroyal, then The Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company) by the French tire maker Michelin. BFGoodrich was the first American tire manufacturer to make radial tires. It made tires for the then new Winton car from Winton Motor Carriage Company.
Presta valve
bicycle tube valve
camber angle
angle between a wheel's vertical axis and the vehicle's vertical axis
tubeless tire
pneumatic tire that does not require a separate inner tube
spike strip
device or weapon used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires
necklacing
Necklacing is a method of extrajudicial summary execution and torture carried out by forcing a rubber tyre drenched with petrol around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire. The term "necklace" originated in the mid-to-late 1980s, in the black townships of apartheid-era South Africa, where suspected apartheid collaborators were publicly executed in this fashion by uMkhonto weSizwe (MK).
Schrader valve
valve for controlling air in automobile and bicycle tires featuring an easily removable valve core
lug wrench
tool for assembly or disassembly of wheels consisting of two crossed metal bars with sockets in each end
inner tube
inflatable rubber tube inserted into the casing of a pneumatic tyre/tire
tire recycling
form of recycling
tire tread
patterned outer surface of a tyre that makes contact with the road
airless tire
types of neumatics
Delticom
Delticom AG is a listed company based in Hanover. It operates 140 online shops in 42 countries selling car and motor cycle tyres and a range of accessories to both private and corporate customers. Delticom is Europe's largest online tyre retailer with sales of over €500 million per year.
tyre label
mark for motor vehicle tyres
Tweel
thumb|The Tweel airless tire design
Radial tire
particular design of vehicular tire
burnout
practice of spinning wheels while keeping vehicle stationary
tire balance
distribution of mass within an automobile tire or the entire wheel (including the rim) on which it is mounted which can cause vibration
rain tyre
Tyres used in wet weather
car tire code
alphanumeric code on the sidewall of tires, specifying information such as dimensions and limitations
tubular tyre
bicycle tyre stitched closed around the inner tube to form a torus
retreading
thumb|upright=1.4|Bluefield Retread Company in Bluefield, West Virginia Retread (also known as recap or remold) is a re-manufacturing process for tires that replace the tread on worn tires. Retreading is applied to casings of spent tires that have been inspected and repaired. It preserves about 90% of the material in spent tires and the material cost is about 20% compared to manufacturing a new one.
understeer and oversteer
vehicle dynamics terms
Whitewall tire
Tire with white sidewall
flat tire
deflated pneumatic tire
Falken Tire
Tire brand name
skid mark
mark left by the skidding of an object, often a tire
slip angle
term or maneuver in vehicle dynamics
motorcycle tyre
tyres of a motorcycle
circle of forces
dynamic model of interaction between tire and road
ISO 5775
international standard for labeling the size of bicycle tires and rims
Donald's Tire Trouble
1943 film by Dick Lundy
rubber mulch
mulch made of rubber
crumb rubber
granular rubber material from grinding scrap vehicle tires
tire iron
specialized metal tool used in working with tires
contact patch
the portion of a tire that is in contact with the surface
cornering force
force produced by a vehicle tire during cornering
Continental tire
externally-mounted spare tire behind an automobile's trunk
ozone cracking
cracks in many different elastomers due to ozone attack
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tire changer
machine used to dismount tires from wheels