Sorry Chris...
We ain't got no trams here...
Least ways not in the inhabited areas. Might find some up in the high hill
country 😎
Whatever you call it , the scary result is familiar to those who have
ridden motorcycles, or bikes on older city streets.
Enough to drive you crackers, eh?
On Jul 3, 2016 6:54 AM, "ChrisB" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Indeed, Ding Ding Moose :-)
>
> It refers in particular to runflat tyres which have a stiffer shoulder
than conventional radial tyres. But I was advised several years ago to
over-inflate them to reduce that tendency and to even the wear across the
tread.
>
> I felt sure, Rick, that the colonists would have a word like that, if
indeed it hadn’t originated Over There.
>
> Chris
>
> > On 3 Jul 16, at 05:45, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/2/2016 7:06 PM, Rick Beckrich wrote:
> >> Oh GOODY!
> >>
> >> Another phrase for the colonists to look up: tramline, eh?
> >
> > I imagine it refers to a tendency of the tires to be "caught" by sharp
unevennesses in the street, and trying to follow them, as a tram is forced
to a path by its rails.
> >
> > Ding Ding Moose
>
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