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Tread Squirm

A term used to describe the flexibility in the tyre tread between the tyre carcass and the surface of the tread. Slick racing tyres, which have no tread pattern, have very little squirm, whilst snow tyres, with deep tread blocks, have a large amount of tread squirm.

Tread      Tread Width



 
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