Bicycle tire tread - Page 2

"Robin Hubert" <cv2572@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:4BK4b.14652$EW1.9889@newsread1.....earthlink.net...
> Let's get it straight here, eh? As I understand, tire tread is the rubber that's stuck onto the
> casing. All tires have a tread. If you want to
refer
> to different types, you have to modify the word, such as "smooth tread",
or
> "patterned tread". "Tread" does not mean grooves, knobs, or some other
such
> pattern.

"You call that a tread?" {Pointing at road bike}

"Naw. THIS is a tread." {Gesturing to mtb}

Bill "Crocodile Sore Knee" S.

Robin Hubert wrote:
> Let's get it straight here, eh? As I understand, tire tread is the rubber that's stuck onto
> the casing.

Wrong. It's "the action of the male bird in coition." (From the OED.)