<VV> New "stock" tires for LM's

[Hugo Miller]

So SR is a speed rating, but on this tire the S is the speed rating and 
the R denotes radial? I'm confused.

On 2020-03-26 02:59, mark--- via VirtualVairs wrote:
> S is the speed rating. R is for radial. All of the other tires in the
> Vredestein Sprint Classic series are radials with various speed
> ratings including SR, VR, and HR. Odd size now but not in the 1960s 
> in
> the US.
>
> Mark N
>
> On 3/25/20 9:44 PM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> The SR will be a speed rating. I've never seen anything but bias ply 
>> in inches and radials in mm - but that is in England of course. And 
>> the diameter is always in inches, with one specific exception and I 
>> can't remember what that was now. 6.40 x 13 has to be a very unusual 
>> size. 6.40 x 15 was common at one time - again in the UK - but I've 
>> never seen a 6.40 tire with a smaller diameter than that.
>
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