Were the tires fast every run during their short life?
The reason I ask is that I think the Kumho longevity
is something of a myth, you basically giveaway the
first event or two breaking them in, then you enter
the sweetspot midlife of the tire, then long before
the tread gives out they go hard.
I have one Mclelland event (4 mins) on my AS-303's,
I'm hoping they have at least 15 minutes left.
Craig
--- Navid Kahangi <nkahangi@interwoven.com> wrote:
> Since we are on the subject of tires, I have to
> share this with you. I've
> been on Kumhos for a while and I liked their grip
> and wear. Lately, I've
> been hearing about how great Hoosiers are. So, I
> figured I'd give them a
> try. Plus, that must be why Bob Tunnell is 2
> seconds faster than me, right?
> :)
>
> Well I must say, they feel much better and my lap
> times are considerably
> better than with Kumhos. But let me tell you about
> wear. I put a brand new
> set on for the ProSolo. I did a total of 6 runs on
> each side which amounts
> to about 6 one minute laps. Then I went to the NASA
> autox on Sunday. After
> 2 laps, the front left tire was pealing completely
> from the edge of the tire
> towards the center.
>
> That's a total of 8 minutes folks. Yeah, I know
> ProSolo starts are harder
> on the tires, but I'm talking about the front tire
> here. So, what gives?
> Are they all like that, or did I get a bad batch?
>
> --Navid
>
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