15-11-14, 01:48 PM
(This post was last modified: 15-11-14, 01:51 PM by noggythenog.)
Right then...just a few points of note from everyones feedback:-
For riding in pot hole Britain in the dry:-
- softer suspension to soak up bumps and ruts......this ive already done on my thou and it does help
- lower tyre pressures work well over uneven ground.....could this mean that universal 36psi front and 42psi rear perhaps isnt really taking into account the state of the roads......to experiment i might try a small adjustment.....maybe 34psi front and 40 rear and see what difference it makes on rough ground.
- a narrower wheel is easier to flick....easier to dodge rough bits.......stevie has gone with a narrower width rear on his R1'for quicker turn in.....what tyre width did you go with again stevie?
- on dry roads then tread is pretty much useless......tread is only there for the rain......but everyone will hit unexpected rain at some point so a little bit of tread can be useful for those situations.
I wonder then so if youve gotta have some tread on a tyre for those just incase moments.......but if you arent really riding in that much rain then what tread pattern is best......id be inclined to say that a horizontal tread is best....because as the wheel spins quickly on the road and on its contact patch during a corner then it is a whir of tread/slick/tread/slick/tread/slick/tread/slick.....but with a greater proportion of slick bit and therefore performing best on the dry road .
A series of vertical treads i dont think are as good for the dry because you can end up over in a corner and almost riding the tread as almost all of the contact patch........or if you're over a bit more then end up riding almost completely on the non tread part.....i can see this then making for an unpredictable ride in the corners depending on where on the tyre you are riding.
So most manufacturers are then going mid way between vertical and horizontal tread as a compromise.
So in the 2 pics you can see that at full pelt and on the edge of the pilot road 3 tyre that you'll be hitting much more tread as it spins round than if you are at the same limit on the rosso corsa.
But actually looking at the Distanzia tyre......it has much more of a uniform pattern all over itself........i reckon then that it gives for far more uniform handling than either the corsa or the road 3......maybe not quite as good performance.....but much more predictability and the same feel regardless of corner intensity.
For riding in pot hole Britain in the dry:-
- softer suspension to soak up bumps and ruts......this ive already done on my thou and it does help
- lower tyre pressures work well over uneven ground.....could this mean that universal 36psi front and 42psi rear perhaps isnt really taking into account the state of the roads......to experiment i might try a small adjustment.....maybe 34psi front and 40 rear and see what difference it makes on rough ground.
- a narrower wheel is easier to flick....easier to dodge rough bits.......stevie has gone with a narrower width rear on his R1'for quicker turn in.....what tyre width did you go with again stevie?
- on dry roads then tread is pretty much useless......tread is only there for the rain......but everyone will hit unexpected rain at some point so a little bit of tread can be useful for those situations.
I wonder then so if youve gotta have some tread on a tyre for those just incase moments.......but if you arent really riding in that much rain then what tread pattern is best......id be inclined to say that a horizontal tread is best....because as the wheel spins quickly on the road and on its contact patch during a corner then it is a whir of tread/slick/tread/slick/tread/slick/tread/slick.....but with a greater proportion of slick bit and therefore performing best on the dry road .
A series of vertical treads i dont think are as good for the dry because you can end up over in a corner and almost riding the tread as almost all of the contact patch........or if you're over a bit more then end up riding almost completely on the non tread part.....i can see this then making for an unpredictable ride in the corners depending on where on the tyre you are riding.
So most manufacturers are then going mid way between vertical and horizontal tread as a compromise.
So in the 2 pics you can see that at full pelt and on the edge of the pilot road 3 tyre that you'll be hitting much more tread as it spins round than if you are at the same limit on the rosso corsa.
But actually looking at the Distanzia tyre......it has much more of a uniform pattern all over itself........i reckon then that it gives for far more uniform handling than either the corsa or the road 3......maybe not quite as good performance.....but much more predictability and the same feel regardless of corner intensity.
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