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Werewulf
| Posted on Sunday, March 02, 2008 - 08:04 pm: |
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interesting! http://www.rattlebars.com/valkfaq/tirewear/ |
Jos51700
| Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 09:40 am: |
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I'm going to have to disagree with several key point of that article. Point one: they discuss countersteering like it's optional. It's not. Physics 1 Article 0 Point two: I've seen several bikes, from start to finish on a set of tires, that leave the highway only for fuel. They still wear the front on one side. The article says road crown is not a factor, it's all the favored LH turns, because the angles don't add up. There's more to bike tires than angles. personal experience 1 article 0 The article managed to discuss the entire subject without mentioning key dynamic concepts, in jargon or simplese. comprehension 1 article 0 The article states that riding in left-side-drive countries is the primary cause of left-side offcenter tire wear. Yet bikes that are cornered hard do not exhibit this trait even though the differences in distance of radii still apply (Note: in my part of the United States, where we have a maximum blend of curvy and straight). Even in the twisty-roads we all live for, the left hand should wear more. But it doesn't. twisty roads 1 article 0 I've seen bikes that have come in a straight line, all the way across Kansas from the Colorado plains, that have fought a wind from the south the entire trip. Tire wear on the left or the right? The right side....(heavily so), against the road crown. Wind 1 Article 0 There many many variable that contribute this. I personally choose not to believe some know it all article when my eyes provide first-hand proof to the contrary for my know it all brain. eyes 1 article 0 Y'all can believe what you want. This are just my (fact-based) opinions. |
Jos51700
| Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 - 09:40 am: |
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Plus, they ride Hondas. |
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