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Old 11-10-2006, 06:18 PM   #1
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Well I decided to make a tire with Mtn. bike tred I used a WTB Weirwolf tire. It is fairly soft. It took about ahalf an hour to make one tire. Here are some pictures of the one I made, I still have to sand off the CA glue and some little touch ups. So what do you think?

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Old 11-10-2006, 06:24 PM   #2
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thats one mean looking tire!

I have thought about doing the same for a long time, but never got around to it. You will have to let us know how the durometer hooks up!
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looks like a bad *** tire that would work on the rocks..does it have good flex after you glued the new tred on?
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thats looks like a good mud tire
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Old 11-10-2006, 07:03 PM   #5
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awesome idea! How much time did that take you to make one tire, and when are we going to see a video of that thing in action on the rocks/ in the mud!!?/
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Old 11-10-2006, 07:25 PM   #6
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c'mon give us some action shots or a vid
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awesome idea! How much time did that take you to make one tire, and when are we going to see a video of that thing in action on the rocks/ in the mud!!?/
All together it took about a half an hour-45 min to make one.

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Well I would but I have only made one sofar and I need to finnish my truck now

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Does it have good flex after you glued the new tred on?
It has fairly good flex in it still, the side wall was a stock rustler tire. I sanded fairly thin before I glued the side lugs on, the center tred is all from the bike tire. The center was cut out then glued to the side walls, also the center was sanded on the back side before glueing.
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Old 11-10-2006, 08:01 PM   #8
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Good job, I hope they work out well for you. I love seeing people come up with new ideas and try them out.
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looks like a mine! sink any ships with that? mean as hell looking. hope it performs as well as it looks.
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Old 11-11-2006, 10:52 AM   #10
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Nice job Looks like they'll have excellent side-bite. How much of the bike tire was used to make one RC tire?
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Old 11-11-2006, 01:21 PM   #11
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Nice job How much of the bike tire was used to make one RC tire?
One 27" tire could make 8 2.2" tires. The side wall was used to reinforce the inside.

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Old 11-11-2006, 03:50 PM   #12
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If that thing works as good as it looks I may be following in your tracks.
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Old 11-11-2006, 04:02 PM   #13
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Looks mean, but my guessing is that it wont have a soft enough compound for slick rock, should work pretty well on the jagged stuff, though. Nice.
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Old 11-11-2006, 08:42 PM   #14
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Pretty cool.
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Old 11-12-2006, 10:19 PM   #15
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Excellent idea there. You should try it with a Maxxis Slow Rezay Down Hill tyre somethinglike a Minion or a highroller. They have a super soft slow rebound rubber compound, I think the durometer is 40 where most MTB tyres are around 60-70. On a bike they comform to the trail and are eerily quiet compared to normal tyres and are GRIPPY! Used by all the top teams and anyone in the know, also they arent expensive. They wear quickly on a bike, but then crawlers arent pinging off things at 40-60kmph not to mention the braking!
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Old 11-23-2006, 06:15 PM   #16
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Any updates on these tires? I'm curious to know how well they worked, if at all.
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Old 11-23-2006, 07:27 PM   #17
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id like to know hgow well the tire works
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Old 11-25-2006, 04:22 PM   #18
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Any updates on these tires? I'm curious to know how well they worked, if at all.
I have not finnisd my truck yet so I dont know yet how they do on the rocks. I have tried them on my Quad racer in the snow, they work great

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Old 11-25-2006, 04:54 PM   #19
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Get some pics of them on something.

Do you have problems tearing the side lugs off? Do they grip well on hard surfaces?
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Old 12-28-2006, 07:37 PM   #20
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Any new updates?
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