Troy Sexton
I had a Challenge Grifo up front, and Fango in the back and it did not
work well for me at all. I went down 3 times, twice cornering in
moderate mud, and once from the transition to the clean cement after
the barns. Strait away traction was very good, but it was terrible in
the corners. I was running 4 bar of presure, and weight 185.
On Oct 26, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Stephen Fitzgerald wrote:
> Howdy list.
>
> I'm curious which clincher tires people rode yesterday and felt
> performed well in the sloppies. Of course, slick mud is slick mud
> and traction will probably never be great, but I'll bet certain
> tires worked better than others.
>
> I had notubes bulldogs @ about 35psi, and I survived the race with
> no falls, but I really paid for it by slowing a lot through the
> corners after some early front and rear wheel slippage. I had very
> very low confidence in the tires, I felt like I was riding on ice
> half the time.
>
> I didn't really think bulldogs were going to be the best tire with
> that type of mud, and I have Muds 2s on my pit wheels, but they
> weren't tubeless and my fear of pinch flatting (happened a lot last
> year) kept me from using them as my primary wheels.
>
> I saw plenty of other people on bulldogs, but I saw many more on
> other tires. Anyone care to share their impressions on what they
> felt worked, or was everyone pretty much dealing with equal amounts
> of washouts and slippage no matter what rubber they were running?
>
> If Astoria has similar conditions to yesterday, I'd love to be
> better dialed in.
>
> thanks!
>
> on or off list is fine by me.
>
> -Stephen
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