are tires purely pneumatic devices?

[Grant Lenahan]

yes, absolutely. Tht's one element of the basic debate.

Grant
On Oct 22, 2012, at 10:06 AM, Paul1 wrote:

> The science in this leaves behind one fact. The support of the axle comes from the sidewall at the top of the tire as much as the "pneumatics" from where the tire hits the road. 
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> On Oct 22, 2012, at 7:13 AM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net> wrote:
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>> Believe what you wish, i provided the first interesting test data i found.
>> 
>> Grant
>> 
>> On Oct 22, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Huw Powell wrote:
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>>> Data from a test that wasn't designed to test the question at hand, garbage in, garbage out.
>>> 
>>> Especially considering the anomalous data.
>>> 
>>> So far from QED it's not funny.
>>> 
>>> On 10/11/2012 8:53 PM, Grant Lenahan wrote:
>>>> Huh and I had a disagreement.  Not sure why, since this has been reported at SAE, by Tire Rack and in racing forums ad nauseum.
>>>> Yet, we did.
>>>> 
>>>> here's quite a bit more empirical data from Avon tyres, that demonstrates that i was not nearly assertive enough.
>>>> They are barely pneumatic at all.
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.performancesimulations.com/fact-or-fiction-tires-1.htm
>>>> 
>>>> QED.
>>>> 
>>>> actually, not entirely QED. I'm interested enough that I'l;l send some time on this when i'm not doubled booked professionally.
>>>> 
>>>> But for now, qed :-)
>>>> 
>>>> Grant
>>>> 
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>>>> Grant Lenahan
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