"It seems to me that tread patterns may be as much art and marketing as they are science." That is my suspicion as well. Just look at Moto tyres, they all use basically the same, very simple, tread pattern and block shapes with minimal variations. With bike tyres getting better and better, we also see a convergence towards similar and simpler patterns across manufacturers.
Feb. 14, 2020, 12:35 a.m. - Timer
"It seems to me that tread patterns may be as much art and marketing as they are science." That is my suspicion as well. Just look at Moto tyres, they all use basically the same, very simple, tread pattern and block shapes with minimal variations. With bike tyres getting better and better, we also see a convergence towards similar and simpler patterns across manufacturers.