dan williams Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Saw an article in todotrial that a Chinese tire manufacturer is to be the sole supplier for the WTC and it will “improve” competition by having less traction. Somebody please tell me this was an April fools joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 28th December is their equivalent of April 1st. The concept isn't a bad idea given some of the absolute rip off prices I've seen for tyres this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan williams Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Oh thank god! Given some of what’s come out of the FIM it wouldn’t have surprised me. Remember when the minimum weight requirement “leveled the playing field”? No? Just like the elimination of stop and hop “leveled the playing field”. Both made it much more affordable and greatly increased participation. Except they didn’t. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhuskys Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Believe it or not.... Sammy Miller had advocated for many years for a narrower, harder compound spec tire for world trials. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbofurball Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 Seems to me like a good way to create a handicap TBH, tyres are already heavily restricted, there's not that much difference in restricting them more! The weight restriction does help too, IMO, because at least now you can buy a good used bike from anywhere in the last 20 years or so and it can be pretty competitive, without it anyone without a titanium frame and magnesium engine that cost 20K or more would be left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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