I have hypotheses about this: 1. Rain washes debris into the traffic lane, which makes it available for tires to run over. 2. The water acts as a lubricant to facilitate penetration. It may also serve as an adhesive to stick the debris to the tire tread. 3. Any debris that is embedded in the rubber may be repeatedly pressurized as the weight on the tire squeezes water into the hole, forcing the debris to penetrate deeper.
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 12:24:29 AM UTC-6, Reid wrote: > > Why do tires always get flats with the first good rain of the season? Is > it just to remind us that Nature is always lurking out there? Some kind of > strange magnetic resonance between rubber, rain, and sharp things?? > > Reid > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/kiq8mIpON4oJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
