TALL & skinny Tires - Is this the New Cool Kid Trend??
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bobfriesenhahn
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When I was young, our family subscribed to National Geographic, plus we had National Geographic's "adventure" book. There were many expedition adventures described there (across Asia, Africa, South America, etc.) during a time that sometimes it was necessary to build a road and some vehicles had caterpillar tracks. The degree of danger was off the charts.These sort of expeditions make what people accomplish today seem trivial and almost like nothing.
These sort of expedition adventures are precursors to "overlanding".
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You mean like Lewis and Clark?
I was thinking of the emigrants making their way across the California and Oregon Trails.
The even had pizza cutters
Something more current would be the "Lonliest Road in America"
It was 30 years ago, in July 1986, that Life magazine used the term “The Loneliest Road in America” to describe the stretch of U.S. Route 50—more commonly known as Highway 50—from Fernley to Ely across central Nevada. AAA even advised against traveling the highway, claiming there was nothing to see. For those who were crazy enough to travel that lonely road anyway, they were advised to carry survival gear such as water and cold-weather clothes.
It was 30 years ago, in July 1986, that Life magazine used the term “The Loneliest Road in America” to describe the stretch of U.S. Route 50—more commonly known as Highway 50—from Fernley to Ely across central Nevada. AAA even advised against traveling the highway, claiming there was nothing to see. For those who were crazy enough to travel that lonely road anyway, they were advised to carry survival gear such as water and cold-weather clothes.
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The original Overlander family portrait?I was thinking of the emigrants making their way across the California and Oregon Trails.
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bobfriesenhahn
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When automobiles were new, the roads were designed for horses and wagons. As a result, early cars were always driving on dirt roads. All of the successful cars had very tall skinny tires.I was thinking of the emigrants making their way across the California and Oregon Trails.
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bobfriesenhahn
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Huh? My own family took that highway at least once in the '70s. A '69 Cadillac Sedan De Ville (472 motor) pulling a camping trailer. There was plenty to see. There was no abnormal concern for survival. We did not go see the brothels though.Something more current would be the "Lonliest Road in America"
It was 30 years ago, in July 1986, that Life magazine used the term “The Loneliest Road in America” to describe the stretch of U.S. Route 50—more commonly known as Highway 50—from Fernley to Ely across central Nevada. AAA even advised against traveling the highway, claiming there was nothing to see. For those who were crazy enough to travel that lonely road anyway, they were advised to carry survival gear such as water and cold-weather clothes.
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Or fire.
Captain Overkill
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LOL - clearly, you've never driven one let alone off road. Sure, there's tons of cool factor "looking" at an old GPW or even a civilian 2A thru 3B but there's a reason why MODERN military transportation and even Jeeps you can buy today, no longer come with pizza cutters.
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…and died of dysenteryI was thinking of the emigrants making their way across the California and Oregon Trails.
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GP NOIR
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That’s all they had- tall, skinny, needed inner tubes, minimal sidewalls, prone to blow outs on primitive wagon wheels. They were just glorified bicycle tires.
matt
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Anyway, I didn't give it much thought until recently as I have been seeing more and more people making posts like this on our YouTube videos...
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Needless to say, I thought I'd ask what you guys think. Is this what all the cool kids are doing these day and really, what is the actual reason behind it? What say you?
LOL - So, I've been talking to a good friend of mine who's in the tire industry and apparently, they've been getting a significant uptick in searches for tall but narrow tires. This would include something like a 38" tire but only in a 11.50 width. Back in the 80s and 90s, we used to call them pizza cutters and for a time, they were a thing but totally fell out of fashion like a bad case of herpes.
Anyway, I didn't give it much thought until recently as I have been seeing more and more people making posts like this on our YouTube videos...
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Needless to say, I thought I'd ask what you guys think. Is this what all the cool kids are doing these day and really, what is the actual reason behind it? What say you?
Maybe he saw this guys video?
AZVAJKU
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Skinny tires were the thing back when nobody knew any better and that’s all we had. Old military vehicles and Jeeps had skinny tires in large part because of a lack of power and rolling resistance.
Personally I’d like to see the 40-inch Nitto Trail Grappler be wider!
I look at it like this:
Road bike.
Mountain/downhill bike.
Maybe those guys are on to something?
Personally I’d like to see the 40-inch Nitto Trail Grappler be wider!
I look at it like this:
Road bike.
Mountain/downhill bike.
Maybe those guys are on to something?