We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you're anything like me—and heaven help you if you're too much like me—buying tires for your car is a tedious chore you'd rather get over ...

The sipes on your tires play an important role in traction and control. Here's what sipes are, why they matter, and whether ...

When talking about the sipes on a tire, car owners typically refer to the process of adding more thin cuts, slits, or kerfs in the tread blocks. The siping process involves a machine that rotates the ...

Tire makers take tread to new levels through advanced siping, improving traction and longevity. Modern tread designs are complicated affairs. Ribs, intervals between tread blocks, and hairline slits ...

Siping has been around since the first man, John Sipe, kept slipping on the slick floors of his job. Somehow, he figured out that a few shallow slices across the soles and heels of his shoes would ...

It’s becoming somewhat of a lost art at local tire stores but a few remain that can sipe a tire for you. One of the shops where the service is available is Tire King on South Nevada Avenue. Manager ...

There is no place better than Duluth, with its steep hillside avenues, to test how tires work in a snowstorm. With only a little bit of planning, I happened to be driving to Duluth in the midst of ...

Armed with new independent tests that show improved traction on prepared snow, Saf-Tee Siping & Grooving Inc. is setting out to bring more tire dealers into the siping fold. Wes Sprunk, owner of the ...

CALGARY, Alta. – The larger the surface area of a tire in contact with the ground surface, the better the traction of the vehicle. This is not new news, but tire traction is still an important issue ...

INDIANA, Pa.—When you get right down into the dirt—or other racing surfaces, for that matter—what's it take to get a tire ready to race? It requires a lot more than just rolling those round, black ...