Hometrainer Tyre
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Hometrainer Tyre
Whats the deal with these? Ive seen a couple people run these on the street. Rears only. Everything ive read online selling them says not to run em outside. Why not? Looks good but whats up with em?
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I don't have experience with them, but i would guess they're designed to roll in an upright position on rollers or trainer, they might not be able to handle sideways loads or cornering, don't have any puncture resistance, and would probably be susceptible to tears and such.
they look cool though.
I'm interested to hear if anybody has run them on the street.
they look cool though.
I'm interested to hear if anybody has run them on the street.
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They are designed to be tough for trainers, which turn regular tires prematurely flat-topped. They shouldn't be used on the street because they are super hard compound and not optimized for the road.
I have the CycleOps Fluid2 and it eats tires.
I have the CycleOps Fluid2 and it eats tires.
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Why would you use a trainer tire for the road when there are other colored tires available?
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So its really about puncture resistance i guess.
I never said i wanted to run one nessicarily..ive just seen a few people do it recently and wanted to know the real deal on them from people who know. Exactly why anyone would do it. I mean i know it looks good but maybe there was more to it.
I never said i wanted to run one nessicarily..ive just seen a few people do it recently and wanted to know the real deal on them from people who know. Exactly why anyone would do it. I mean i know it looks good but maybe there was more to it.
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They're really hard with almost no grip, they're good only for skids contest and various freestyle skids