Meanwhile, in a tire labeled 180/65 B1, the B indicates bias-ply construction. While these tires may look similar in size, their construction leads to very different behavior on the road.

Maybe it is just the goofy sizes of radial tires I always see, but it seems to me like the bias-ply flavor of a given size will knock some coin off the buy-in price.

It has a 10,000-pound rating and a pair of 6,000-pound axles, and it came from the factory equipped with 7.50-16 Super Trail HD bias ply tires rated at 3,220 pounds per tire. See All 7 Photos 2.

Bias-ply tires were belted during the '60s, ... A tire's size is usually preceded with a letter designation that shows what that tire is intended to be used for.

The construction of a bias-ply tire starts with nylon or polyester cord, which runs at a 45-degree angle from the tire's bead, with each layer overlapping the other in a crisscross fashion.

Bias-ply tires sport the same fibers, but they are built in an overlapping pattern in various angles. Due to the very structure of the fiber layers, ... Size, speed, tubes, ...

Somewhere between the early tires forged by wheelwrights and the modern steel-belted radial, everyone’s horseless carriage rode atop bias-ply tires. This week’s film is a dizzying tour of the ...