Mud on the Tires

clean the mud off and dry it down. If you do not do this you are risking damaged parts, chain wear and shortened lifespan of your favorite metal pet. Every 2-3 months you need to devote a couple of hours of your time and thoroughly clean and lube your bike. The first thing you want to do when you start cleaning your road bike is to wash it down with hot water and mild detergent. Grab a rag and get the worst of the dirt off. Start with the handlebars and the seat and move down to tire. Tires are…

My 1997 Jeep Jeeps almost have a cult following, once you get a jeep everyone expects them to put tires the size of boulders on it, and always go off-roading whenever the chance appears, even if that means going off the trail to do it. This is about my four door, four wheel drive, 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee, and the short time we’ve had together so far. When I got this monster back in the beginning of August it was to satisfy an itch that I had gotten from my father, he told me that nothing was…

Tire classification is based on the tire’s construction and features. Radial tires feature transverse radial plies that lay perpendicular to the direction of travel. In this way the tire gives you a softer and comfortable ride, and there is less heat build up. Radial tires are made with the plies set radially which gives them more flexible tire walls. They have threads that protect the interior and provide high grip to the road. Ply cord is the main body of the tire, which holds the inflation…

sliding. Traction works in many ways outside of a gymnasium, in cars and most vehicles for example. The tires for a car are made out of vulcanized rubber because the durability rubber has when put into the circumstance of traveling along rigid trails and bumpy roads needs to withstand…

Life's made up of two dates and a dash, this is my dash. Throughout my entire life I was raised on strict family values which has often included family time. Although I’ve survived being held to a higher standard there’s been many trials, tribulations, and obstacles that have stood in my path on my journey of life. Even with everything that's happened in my life I have still managed to become a stronger individual. Your dash is an insignificant character on your headstone; this is mine expanded…

nonchalant about his situation. He thinks about the bad situation, “knowing things had gone wrong, that I was in a lot of trouble, and that the lost ignition key was my grail and my salvation” (Boyle 1234). He knocked out the guy with one swing of a tire iron he had in the…

City boys and country boys are two different types of people of happen to lean towards the country side, Although the two types of people may seem similar on the outside, the actual differences are noticeable for the actions of the two are very different. Thus actions are crucial in the classifications of the two types of the people. When a country boy’s truck has a problem, unlike the city boy, they call up some of their friends and they fix their problem. Unlike the city boy who takes his car…

But, the Rhino would not move. It was sinking into the mud and stones with every revolution of its tires. Even four wheel drive would not pull the Rhino out. So, I got back into the brown, muddy water to unhook the trailer. To my luck, I had put the chains on despite only having to travel 100 yards down the road. While cursing myself for doing something stupid like that, I was able to get the rusty chains unhooked at the expense of a newly mud and water soaked shirt and shorts. But it still…

2018 A.A.R.P SD Grandparent of Year Essay My grandpa Charlie Long Crow should win the 2018 A.A.R.P SD Grandparent of the Year Award. Why he should win is because he’s very nice and he likes to travel a lot and also fix cars and tires. He likes to visits lots of people. He talks a lot to his sisters and brothers and he’s very unique. He likes to talk about a lot of stuff. My grandpa is very nice to his grandchildren. He like to take us hunting, fishing, and camping which is mostly for powwows.…

Boyle uses the emphasis on filth, dirt, slime and mud in the story to illustrate the desires of the teenagers coming from a clean state to a dirty one, the change resulting from the incident at the lake on that particular night and the resulting effect. As the narrator said “There was a time when courtesy…