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02-03-2008, 08:17 PM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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|  New Tires - 2.2 Reverends I need to soften them up but I'm liking the tread pattern   |
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02-03-2008, 09:54 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Who makes them? |
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02-03-2008, 10:00 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Provo
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02-03-2008, 10:10 PM
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| '08 2.2 National Champ   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UTRCRC
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| If you want any good luck doing that try a tire in a soft compound or with "sticky rubber". They look kind of cool though. |
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02-03-2008, 10:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: 462-Da Fock
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| Reminds me of the imex red rock tires but with a point added to some of the treads. |
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02-03-2008, 10:20 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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02-03-2008, 11:35 PM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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 I call them Reverends but I guess they could be called Schwabs or Moins. I wasn't going for any sort of comp tire ... I just had a bike tire wasting away and my old moabs were pretty torn up ... so I figured why not. Surprisingly they actually climb pretty well. The soft sidewalls allow them to conform a decent amount but they are really just evil looking basher tires. Last edited by Locked Up; 02-03-2008 at 11:38 PM. | |
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02-04-2008, 11:07 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Damn it man, now you have me thinking |
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02-04-2008, 11:10 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Santa Rosa
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| I seem to recall a thread in here somewhere that mentioned using meat tenderizer to soften the tires. Do a search on tenderizer in the Tires/Wheel thread. |
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02-04-2008, 11:35 AM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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I'm interested to see what you come up with  Quote:
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02-04-2008, 01:58 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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I may have to hit the local Wally World and see what's out there for MTB tires to chop up. What kind of scissors did you use to cut the tires? | |
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02-04-2008, 02:49 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: winston-salem
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| ive got a (2) set of maaxis mobsters in 40d slowrezzy (26" tire) i can cut tons of tires with this thanks for the idea |
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02-04-2008, 02:56 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kennewick
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| Have you thought about sanding down how thickness of the bike tire? Cuz bike tires are pretty thick. |
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02-05-2008, 05:17 PM
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| SCALE PERFORMANCE PARTS Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: College Station, TX
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| Regular scissors for the tread but I needed wire cutters for the bead as it has a 18ga or so wire running through it. Yeah I thought about sanding them but this was really just a test run to see how they would come out. Sanding should make them conform a little better but I bet there are some little kid bike tires that would be thinner. But remember, the compound isn't gonna be like a proline M3 or anything. I think the tire originally cost me $7 ... so 4 tires for $7 and they'll probably provide a lifetime of bashing. I'm happy |
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