Locking the back tire to prevent theft (if a lock is used at all) is a trick that definitely only works in Japan -- you can't leave a bike unattended for five minutes in New York City without it disappearing, even with a wheel lock.

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It all comes back to building the right tire, at the right time, for the right cost.

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An amber hunter named Sue Hendrickson, working with the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, a company that collects and prepares fossils, had wandered off to explore a bluff as her crew changed a flat tire, and came back with a handful of dinosaur.

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You can call for back-up or request a roadblock or tire spikes.

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Hayden's teammate, seven-time champion Valentino Rossi, continued his disappointing season back in 13th after being forced into the pits for a late tire change.

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It was getting dark, but the moon was bright enough for me to see two very wide, deep tire tracks in the sand, leading all the way back up to the main road.

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The ninth was a good round for Munroe as Nishioka looked as if he was beginning to tire, but the Japanese fighter proved as effective off the back foot, hurting his opponent with another body shot in the 10th, as he looked to close out the fight.

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If it wasn't FSU tailback Chris Thompson zipping down the sideline to tire out the Clemson D en route to 103 yards and two scores, it was sophomore back James Wilder Jr. (not, as Rip might guess, a return from retirement by James Wilder Sr.) pounding them into submission late with two TDs of his own.

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