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Michelin: Tyres
built 659 days ago
Michelin 4WD Synchrone is a robust, multipurpose tyre for 4WD drivers wanting to master the road as well as venture off-road. Its unique tread pattern delivers a comfortable highway ride, while aggresive shoulders and reinforced sidewalls provide the freedom to go off the beaten track. Experience a smooth quiet ride, wherever the road takes you.
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In 1927, Michelin built a factory in Stoke-on-Trent using the firm of Peter Lind & Company of London. The factory started producing the first British made Michelin tyres and in 1930, the company moved their head office to Stoke-on-Trent. Michelin continued to use the basement and the ground floor of the building, but over two-thirds were left empty. Between 1933 and 1940, the upper storeys were let as a furniture warehouse, a workshop and offices for the Air Ministry.
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Michelin ... designed the TDX rim which again can only be fitted with a purpose built TDX tyre. The TDX rim has two grooves running circumferentially around the bead seats and the tyres have specially extended bead toes which are held in place by the grooves. The purpose of this is to prevent the tyre leaving the rim thus giving the tyre a limited ‘run-on’ capability allowing control of the car to be maintained in the event of a deflation, and a safe place to be reached for it to be changed.
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Two brothers, Édouard and André Michelin, ran a rubber factory in Clermont-Ferrand, France. One day, a cyclist whose pneumatic tyre needed repair turned up at the factory. The tyre was glued to the rim. It took over three hours to remove and repair the tyre, which then needed to be left overnight to dry. The next day, Édouard Michelin took the repaired bicycle into the factory yard to test. After only a few hundred meters, the tyre failed.
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The 18 tonner is owned by Staffordshire-based Weller Packaging and is fitted with Michelin 295/80 R22.5 XZE2 and XDE2 tyres. It is in operation five days a week transporting packaging materials from Shenstone (near Lichfield) to customers nationwide, with the vehicle starting each two-day distribution run with a maximum 9.2 tonne payload.
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Bib-Mousse is designed for off-road racing use with Michelin tyres. Marked NHS (not for highway service), it should never be used on paved roads. Its use with other brands of tyres is ... not advised.
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