Barry's Tire Tech

Barry's Tire Tech

This is a series of articles on the technical aspects of tires, their care and usage.

My primary purpose in these articles is to help people understand tires and thereby reduce the risks we all face every day.

..........and since tires is just about the only thing I know about..........

Please drop me a note if you have a topic you want to see:

Barry@BarrysTireTech.com

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I hope you enjoy my website, but more importantly, I hope you learn something as well.

I am not going to pretend that this website is going to cover everything. In fact, I'm only going to cover subjects that either need clarification or have not been covered somewhere else. That means this is going to be fairly advanced - not for the beginner!

If you ARE a beginner - or don't find what you are looking for, may I suggest you visit:

Tire Rack's Tire Tech Area.

Also, the articles listed below are sorted by the last time I worked on them - that is, chronologically. If you want to learn about tires and the Tire Rack artcles are not technical enough, here's that same list, but sorted by topic, so that the more basic articles are first, with the more in-depth articles lower on the list.

But before going much further, I want to make a few things clear:

The information published here is the best information I have available. Like a great many things, it is not absolute.
Some of what is here is my opinion and I have tried to make it clear when I am expressing my opinion and when I am presenting facts.
I've tried to confine my discussions to Passenger and Light Truck Tires but most of the information applies to tires regardless of the vehicle they are designed for.
I have copied some copyrighted material onto these pages. If I understand the laws correctly, I am allowed to do this on a "Fair Use" basis - that is, I change the intent of the original. I am sure the stuff I "borrowed" is in a completely different context and I am clearly not in competition with anyone. Besides it is for educational purposes (I sure hope this is educational!!) or entertainment (That would be a plus!) and not for commercial purposes (OK, if I make a few bucks off this site, I'll share it. I doubt that will happen!!).

BTW, I want to publicly point out how much work it is to put one of these web sites together. Hats off to those of you who do this every day!!

Here is what I have posted so far:

List of Articles Grouped by Topic. (New Oct, 2023)

Links to Useful and Interesting Websites (New Dec, 2023)

Flatspots (New Dec, 2023)

Pressure Buildup Test (New Nov, 2023)

Wheel, Rims, and Spiders! OH MY! (New Nov, 2023)

ST Tires (Revised Oct, 2023)

Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) Ratings (Update Oct, 2023)

Tire Brands (New Oct, 2023)

Winter and All Weather Tires (Revised Sep, 2023)

RunFlat Tires (New Sep, 2023)