Hi all, my clinchers have done approx 700km on our velodrome, no noticeable wear yet, I run them at 130-140psi, some of the rental bikes there have quite a lot of wear on the RHS, they must ride horrible................regards wayne davidson Invers NZ.........
genediggs wrote:
> 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
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>
>
> 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