Best winter tires; 1988 Winter Paralympics
See also: 1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Paralympic Games were the fourth winter Paralympics and they were held in Innsbruck, Austria. These were the last Winter Paralympics to be held in a separate location from the Winter Olympics; beginning in 1992 the Olympics and the Paralympics were held in the same city or in an adjacent city.
Snow tires; Chicken strips
- Chicken strips are also another name for chicken fingers.
A chicken strip is a sometimes derogatory term used to describe the width of unused tread on the edges of motorcycle tires, typically a sport bike.
A turning motorcycle must lean into the turn. The faster it is going or the sharper the turn, the farther the motorcycle must lean over. For a formula relating speed, turn radius, and lean angle, see Bicycle and motorcycle physics. As the motorcycle leans, the tires’ contact patches move farther to the side causing wear. The chicken strip is the amount of unworn tread caused by a motorcyclist being considered too chicken to go faster through a turn and thereby lean the motorcycle farther over.
This is frequently used as a derogatory term deriving from the term chicken. Hence, chicken strips mark an inexperienced motorcyclist who is afraid to lean a motorcycle far enough to wear the edges of the tire. It should be noted however that due to the handling capabilities of many modern motorcycles, and the vagaries of road condition, it is not advisable to exploit outer handling limits on public roads. On a closed race circuit, however, a rider is expected to use the edges of the tires on turns in order to stay competitive.
Best winter tires; Moe. Sells Out
This was a promotional tie-in with the jam band moe.’s 1998 album Tin Cans & Car Tires. It was recorded live on July 17, 1998 at the Vic Theater in Chicago, Illinois. It is currently out of print. The album title is a take off from The Who’s 1967 album The Who Sell Out.
- “Stranger Than Fiction”
- “Nebraska”
- “Letter Home”
Snow tires; Lake Effect Snow Advisory
See Severe weather terminology for a comprehensive article on this term and related weather terms.
A Lake Effect Snow Advisory is issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when pure lake effect snow may pose a hazard or is life threatening. The snow must be directly caused by a lake and not by a low pressure system. The criteria for this advisory vary from area to area.
Best winter tires; 1988 Winter Olympics medal count
This is the full table of the medal count of the 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.
(Host country highlighted, greatest number of medals in each category is in bold.)
