tubby n.— «Race on Tubular tires, also known as “sew-ups”—When I was a young buck in college I actually got into a bit of serious cycling and raced for a while. It wasn’t long before I realized that all of the fast guys...
clincher n.— «Race on Tubular tires, also known as “sew-ups”—When I was a young buck in college I actually got into a bit of serious cycling and raced for a while. It wasn’t long before I realized that all of the fast...
sew-up n.— «Race on Tubular tires, also known as “sew-ups”—When I was a young buck in college I actually got into a bit of serious cycling and raced for a while. It wasn’t long before I realized that all of the fast guys...
dually n.— «Michelin also debuted its BFGoodrich Commercial T/Aall season tire, size LT235/65R18, as a plus-two fitment size to replace the LT225/75R16 LRD or LRE and the LT215/85R16 LRD or LRE currently offered for dually pick-up trucks...
knockdown n.— «The Williamstown plant, as well as the Long Beach, Calif. plant, are referred to as “knockdown” plants, a term used to describe locations that do final stage assembly, Sorek said. Trucks are sent from Japan in...
dead cat hole n.— «The space between wheel and surrounding fender or wheel well suggests the jounce of the car. The intervening space between tire and wheel well is sometimes called the dead cat hole, according to Peter Davis, director of...