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| Author: | rcflyers [ Wed Jan 26, 2005 00:51:14 ] |
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| Author: | korgae [ Wed Jan 26, 2005 04:02:36 ] |
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| Author: | rcflyers [ Wed Jan 26, 2005 09:27:36 ] |
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| Author: | murfy [ Wed Jan 26, 2005 15:52:13 ] |
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| Author: | SuperXRAY [ Wed Jan 26, 2005 19:16:29 ] |
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There's lots of ways to decrease it.... 1. Stop hitting the barriers (earlier explained). Hitting them certainly doesn't make you faster. 2. Spend $24.00/pair for TRC tires with rings. (You can get Jaco's for 16/pair) 3. I cut vinyl rings for foam tires and have been using them on my own tires for months now, without any chunking of a tire. The rings get destroyed, but big deal...they are extremely cheap. However, the rings only decrease chunking caused by side impacts, running over something like a knife blade (laugh, hehehe), will still destroy the tire. If you'd like some options for the rings I cut, I can email them to you, as I am not trying to solicit business. Hope this helps, SuperXRAY superxray@mchsi.com |
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| Author: | rcflyers [ Wed Jan 26, 2005 22:40:34 ] |
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The rings sound a great idea, what exact material and thickness are they made from? |
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| Author: | murfy [ Thu Jan 27, 2005 01:53:06 ] |
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go to the Jaco racing web site and go to tips and tricks its has some good answers to some chunking questions. |
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| Author: | SuperXRAY [ Thu Jan 27, 2005 15:55:27 ] |
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I make them from commercial vinyl, cut on a CNC cutter. The nice thing being that I can cut them for any size tire, and supply 3 sizes of 4/ea. That way, as the tire wears, you can replace the ring, as you need the ring to be smaller than the O.D. of the tire, but not much. It's also a lot easier than gluing or a few other supposed tricks. |
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| Author: | rcflyers [ Thu Jan 27, 2005 19:36:09 ] |
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| Author: | SuperXRAY [ Fri Jan 28, 2005 04:11:04 ] |
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| Author: | rcflyers [ Fri Jan 28, 2005 09:26:15 ] |
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ok, where can this vinyl be purchased? |
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