Specifically, motorcycle tires. Okay, I know this is a strange aside, but I have always wondered why the tires you see on bad ass custom motorcycles on TV shows always have those mostly smooth, very rounded tires with slash marks for treads. They just seem so far away from automobile tires. Sure, scream Conti Road Attack 2 with joy, but all I can see is road rash. Horrible, horrible road rash. Isn’t grip, like, the point of treads. When your tires look like sideways inner tubes, aren’t you risking your neck, like, big time?

Maybe it’s just me. Clearly I’m a lot more comfortable on 4 wheels than 2, but I can’t help but wonder.