Having spent the better part of a year installing tires at the Pep Boys in Fredericksburg, Va., I thought I knew a thing or two about how a tire is mounted to a rim. It was my first job after ...

You've likely seen videos of people using fire to mount a tire on a car wheel, but that sort of thing is no longer necessary.

You’re railing that descent, nailing every line and feeling like a world champ, when suddenly you smash a wheel into a big square-edge rock. Quite literally, you can feel the air go out of the ride.

When examining new tires, one may notice colored dots on the sidewall or tread. These dots, typically red or yellow, play an ...