Winter tires for 4x4's

Nice overview of winter tires from the German OffRoad Magazin, with actual
circumference in millimeters (devide by 3.14 for diameter, device once more
by 2.54 for inches):

http://www.off-road.de/reifen/home.html
(select pull-down menu on the right)

Or the tallest/16" winter tires in specific, directly:

http://www.off-road.de/reifen/wi16met.html

Interesting: even the winter-specialist Nokia can now be had in the tallest
size, 2532mm, yet in a nice narrow ratio too: 235/85x16.
(the printed version mentions explicitly that the rubber/thread/siping
technology from Bridgestone benefits from more contact patch (or a wider
tire), at least on snow and ice....but for aquaplaning a wide tire will stay
a disadvantage for ever....)

Btw, I had already scanned that article for some friends, also listing
pictures of the various thread patterns....if anyone wants a scan for that
purpose, mail me privately (the file size is quite large, otherwise you can't
see much detail, with too much compression).



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Willem-Jan Markerink

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