Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 30 Mar 2026 18:30:37 GMT Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsp93i.i0zwza16xvqdfN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <18a11b491becb6ce$558$2491104$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsq78a.9hgxro1eczx2yN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qb9df$1inu5$14@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 4G3agZ0abJ93HxM7DHuJ2QYYqFNE5iNrR+eqfnbR9Hb6RUY+wl Cancel-Lock: sha1:SNRJ4N9j6dMdcjCCUxOR6LOp9AI= sha256:9iFRKdYwNX29wVN1hapMhtN0aAzjH1I0cszqnPsfCKY= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84690 alt.usage.english:1141657 On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:32:41 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:56:56 +0200, "Carlos E.R." > wrote: > >>> All I know is that my front tyres are 230 and the back ones 220 >>> unloaded and 250 fully loaded. >> >>Current cars are about that, but my first car used 1.2 (ie 120). Curious >>increase. > > How old was your first car? > > Most current cars come with radial tyres, whereas a few decades ago most > of them came with cross-ply tyres, which require lower pressures. > > Up until the mid-1960s most cars came with cross-ply tyres; radial tyres > (of which the most common brand back then was Michelin X) were quite a > bit more expensive, though they offered dramatically improved > roadholding. > > Radial tyres gradually became standard about 1975-1985. I ran bias (cross-ply) tires on my pickup but towards the end of the '90s they were no longer available. The OEM tires were radials but the sidewalls were susceptible to damage in rough terrain. Knobbies for bikes still tend to be bias ply, particular the cheaper brands.