The reply you received from DT Swiss isn't very professional, in my opinion. Tires are not constructed of just rubber, by the way, and the bead diameters (whether they are wire beads or aramid) are held to very tight tolerances.
I would not recommend sending your tires to Maxxis, as the...
I see. I didn't realize you were talking about a 2 ply DH construction. I can sympathize. I actually made some one-offs for the SC Syndicate using the 3C MaxxTerra compound for lowered rolling resistance. Greg won the world championship on them.
That's pretty much what I went after with the 3C MaxxTerra compound. It uses a 70a base layer, 50a outer center, and a 42a outer shoulder. Granted, it's a more expensive option than a 50a single compound, but at the time we needed a triple compound configuration for Trail tires and for Cross...
I was wondering when someone would bring this to the market.
I built and rode a prototype similar to this a couple years ago. Essentially it was a road tire and tube underneath/inside the outer tire. The sensation is a little weird running lower pressures; more sidewall squirm and more...
IDK, maybe it has something to do with he's a really nice kid, and he always seems to manage to have a bit of bad luck when things are going well for him. Yeah, he's a bit goofy, definitely a character. But we all love characters.
Kewl. I was hoping the tire would make it's WC debut at Vallnord, but it seems the SC guys wanted to play it safe. Perhaps the recent rains are persuading them to ride their Shortys?
That's what they should've named the tire! I referred to the project as 'Short Spike' from the beginning, so I guess the name just fell into place.
I was beginning to wonder if this tire would ever see the light of day. More voluminous carcass than a WetScream, and of course no trimming...
Haha! As a rider, this doesn't appeal to me one bit. But as an engineer... Imagine, having a heavy pedaling platform or even lockout on the smooth portions of the track where they're hammering, wide open settings on the rough portions... This would give the rider a real advantage.
Perhaps not only that, but how about automatic adjusting suspension for different parts of the track? It could easily be done with servos and an odometer to tell the cpu the bike's location on the track.
I scrubbed gravel out of my hand last night. And out of my arm. And out of my hip.
I'm still not going to wear gloves on my road bike, though. First crash in 10 years, I figure I'm still ahead of the curve.
Most heated tire cutting / grooving tools are too large to work well on bicycle tires. I've found that a soldering iron with a X-acto blade works well, but it's really only slightly better than a regular X-acto knife.
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