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Originally Posted by island911

Good stuff, Steve, but tires don't absorb heat as much as they create heat from dynamics.

Increasing surface area (width or circumference) will decrease dynamic heating and increase cooling.

OK, night, they heat up due to deformation, and then hold the heat that is created in them. I assume the process is similar to how if you're trying to break a piece of metal by bending it back and forth, the metal heats up where you're bending it.