Tyres

[Pierre]

I havent bought a new set of tyres in 3 years now, just race castoffs. £50 for tyres with 40 miles wear on the edge and brandnew in the middle so i can square them off and still look cool

[Fausto]

I havent bought a new set of tyres in 3 years now, just race castoffs. £50 for tyres with 40 miles wear on the edge and brandnew in the middle so i can square them off and still look cool

Presumably you are talking about your trackbike here Pierre?

Race tyres take too long to warm up (if ever) for regular road use. At least that's what I have always been led to believe.

[Dr Ridin]

I havent bought a new set of tyres in 3 years now, just race castoffs. £50 for tyres with 40 miles wear on the edge and brandnew in the middle so i can square them off and still look cool

Hehehehe...a bargain. good tyres, heaps of tread....and no chicken strips......so you have street cred when you park it!

[Samray]

Presumably you are talking about your trackbike here Pierre?

Race tyres take too long to warm up (if ever) for regular road use. At least that's what I have always been led to believe.

Conjures up a lovely picture of the tyre-warmers going on before a trip to the local newsagents.

[Pierre]

Metzler racetecs Fausto, road legal. Mates sponsor pays £220ish a pair and he uses them for 20 laps. I stick them on the trackbike and do 2 or 3 td's then stick them on the road bike, as the middle is still 4mm+ (i've got loads(3) of fronts spare now)

Youre probably right about never getting up to the correct temp although they do get warm, but I'm a much slower rider on the road now I get rid of the aggression on the track. Infact i've probably halved my speed

Anyway, they're less dangerous than running either 15 or 74 psi in a normal tyre which i've done


edit: and the newsies at the end of the street, even im not that lazy