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Dfbutler
| Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 02:23 pm: |
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Just put a new set of Metzler M3s on my bike. They came with the usual warning that new tires are slippery and should be cautious for the first 50 miles or so. That is well and good, but how do you safely scuff the sides? |
Nillaice
| Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 02:29 pm: |
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scotch brite pads... sand paper.... or just an empty lot, preferably with out painted white lines |
Nillaice
| Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 02:30 pm: |
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it all depends on your own definition of safely |
Etennuly
| Posted on Friday, March 27, 2009 - 03:07 pm: |
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Yeah, tight figure eights in the school parking lot. Doesn't take much on a warm day. |
86129squids
| Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 02:00 am: |
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MCN or one of the other mags mentioned several methods, including a wire brush. Seems like a light electric pad sander would do well with proper bike stands, etc. |
Crusty
| Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 07:20 am: |
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Just be easy on acceleration and cornering for the first few miles. The mold release/preservative will wear off quickly. My wife and I did a 300 mile ride on new tires yesterday over some very twisty roads, and it was all good. |
Cityxslicker
| Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 12:52 am: |
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dont know about the metzlers, but I know every other tire I have put on the cityX behaves better after a run through the local mud hole. Seems to take all that damn mold release agent right off in a quickness |
Bigblock
| Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 12:55 am: |
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some denatured alcohol on a rag, let it dry good before you ride... Only takes a minute. |
Gregtonn
| Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 02:03 am: |
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Five miles of gravel roads. G |
Sleez
| Posted on Monday, March 30, 2009 - 04:16 am: |
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i always use simple green and a scotchbrite pad. then ride easy for awhile. |
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