Ehhh... I suppose that might contribute, but... I'm not convinced the difference is that great. The plies in both are essentially fabric (nylon or poly); they don't provide any sort of compressive strength, like you'd need in an impact situation. The plies are there for their tension strength, to keep the tire in proper shape under inflation and during deformation incidents. A nylon layer isn't going to transfer much energy along its axis to the rim, not compared to the air pressure in the tire itself.
I guess I just think that it's an overstated risk, at the end of the day. -Kurt On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Allen Thomas <althomas...@gmail.com> wrote: > Kurt, the reason is the orientation of the bands in the tires. On a bias > ply the threads are arranged in an x pattern which distributes the load > over a larger section of the rim. On a radial tire the bands are in + > pattern with the sidewall bands at a 90 degree angle to the rim. This > places load from say hitting a pothole directly to the rim over a small > area. I wondered it myself and got that info from one of the tire > manufacturers website. > > Allen Thomas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
