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

[Hugo Miller]

Ah, I see what you mean. Which raises an interesting question - in the 
UK speed ratings are also given as SR, VR etc. But it might well be that 
the R stands for radial and is not part of the speed rating. But then, 
cross ply / bias ply tires never had speed ratings anyway!

On 2020-03-26 10:56, mark at noakes.com wrote:
> In the US, S, V, and H are speed ratings. R denotes radial.
>
> On 3/26/20 6:47 AM, Hugo Miller via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> 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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