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Turning Tyres


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New tyres are all in the mind for most of us, I have pretty much never noticed much of a difference between a shagged tyre and new one except in deep mucky stuff. Rode thursday with the practice tyre in the mud and got loads of grip, wondered why I had just bought a new one for Sunday.

Saying that though, my mind will tell me I should have more grip tomorrow because its a new tyre, if the old one was on I may worry about grip so although it wont actually make a P**s bit of difference I will think it has.

Only time I have ever noticed a tyre not gripping was about 2 months ago in Wales where the grip suddenly disappeared on grass climbs, tyre had been on there for more than any tyre I have had. Grip is more down to throttle control than rubber, almost better off riding with old ones as it should improve the throttle control for grip.

I think the direction mark is only there for road use as it has to be, should nt make any difference for trials though

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Mr S Miller's advice in one of his books is:

Rear tyre: ride 6 trials, turn tyre ride 6 trials, replace tyre.

Good advice if you can afford it, you always get good traction and good rear braking.

Another good tip is when you get a new tyre, cut all the sipes deeper with a Stanley knife - improves grip for longer. (the sipes are the lines you see indented into each block, they shift the water off the surface of the block).

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