On Oct 12, 2008, at 10:47:56 PM, FujiFish1@aol.com wrote: From: FujiFish1@aol.com Subject: Re: [CR]Velodrome tire usage Date: October 12, 2008 10:47:56 PM GMT-04:00 To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: biankita@comcast.net
Someone else already mentioned that you don't really ride on the sides of
the tires, as the bike remains perpendicular to the surface in the banked tu rns, but to do this at slower speed, your body is kept in a more upright position
to compensate for balance (and so, the top of the bike is moved left of your body center when in turn). But I'm pretty much a newbie, and have only
ridden track a few times.
At Detroit's Velodrome at Bloomer Park, in Rochester, a few of the long time
regular guys told me that Continental Sprinters are a very good, yet reasonably inexpensive tire choice for the track. The Sprinter tread doesn't have any middle or special tread section ... it is just a series of tiny bumps on
the tread, center, left and right, for traction. I rode them, and they felt
very comfortable ... very grippy. I can detect no perceptible increase in
wear on any one side of any of my pista bike tires, compared to the opposite
sides. But again, I'm still new, and don't have a ton of miles in.
Ciao, Mark Agree Southfield MI USA ~ ~ ~
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:25:10 -0400 From: Bianca Pratorius <biankita@comcast.net> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Velodrome tire usage
It occurs to me now after just having committed to once a week sessions at the velodrome that the tires only get used up on the right side, not the center or left. This probably means that tires preferred at the velodrome would have sufficient rubber near the sidewall and might even have to be rotated side to side to give more even wear. Looking at a typical clincher or tubular that I have in my collection, it seems that the sidewall is thin and fragile and that an ideal tire for this purpose should look very different. Of what is available today, what are good candidates for something durable and grippy? Nothing shows up in the archive.
Garth Libre in Miami Florida USA
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The Vevodrome at Bloomer Park is a 200 Meter track with 44 degree max.
angle in the turns, 13 degrees in the straights. It has a plastic surface b
onded to inch thick plywood. The surface has a texture that looks like a scr
een door. Yesterday I completed 1700 miles for this year. I have two sets of
wheels, one clinchers and one tubulars. Both wheel sets are true flip flops
with lock ring threads on both sides of the rear hub. The only time you are
riding on the exact center of the tire, on our track, is when you are at
28 MPH or there abouts. Needless to say at 74 years old I do not spend to m
uch time at that speed. I am more than half way through my second set of tra
ining clinchers this summer. I flip the wheels often because most of the wea
r is on the sides not the center. I have never had any problems with tire la
bels being on the up-track side. My tubulars are Vittororia EVO CX and the c
linchers were either Continental Grand Prix Supersonic or Vittoria Diamante
Pro Light. The retired clinchers have virtually no ware in the middle but yo
u can see cords on the sides.
Gene Diggs Rochester Hills ,Michigan