An animation to show how acceleration, braking and cornering affects tyre temperature in MotoGP
Historically, the proper spelling is "tire" and is of French origin, coming from the word tirer, to pull. The reason for this naming is that originally "tire" referred to iron hoops
or thick wires bound to carriage wheels. In French blacksmithing the word for a drawn iron rod is a tirer, or pull The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica states that "The spelling 'tyre' is not now accepted by the best English authorities, while Fowler's Modern English Usage says that is etymologically wrong
or thick wires bound to carriage wheels. In French blacksmithing the word for a drawn iron rod is a tirer, or pull The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica states that "The spelling 'tyre' is not now accepted by the best English authorities, while Fowler's Modern English Usage says that is etymologically wrong