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Re: why do worn tyres have no grip and slicks have lots?
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Thu, 25 March 2004 08:43
 
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| Norbie wrote on Thu, 25 March 2004 16:46 |
| lang wrote on Thu, 25 March 2004 15:16 |
and isnt a worn tyre with less gaps in the tread equivalent to a tyre that is wider?
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Not sure what you mean by that...
ie overheating the rubber to the point where localised melting occurs. Melted rubber = skids = lack of traction and accelerated wear.
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what i was getting at is imagine the lines that follow shortly to be the contact patch of the rubber on the road.....
Tyre A: -- -- -- (normal Tyre)
Tyre B: -------- (normal Tyre with its grooves worn off)
Tyre C: -- -- -- -- (wider Tyre)
So as you can see, the normal tyre with its grooves worn out has a longer contact patch on the road, even though its not actually any wider, its contact length on the road is similar to a wider grooved tyre that still has its gaps. hope that makes sense.
but yeah i agree with your point about the rubber in the more worn tyres having had a harder life.
as for what you said about localised melting of the rubber, i had that occur when i went out on street tyres at mallala, after a few lots of 8 laps the rubber was gettings so hot that the grooves in the tread would be allmost filled in with melted rubber, eventually it got so bad it caused me to spin out, i was just taking a corner normally when all of the sudden i lost all grip basically and just went straight off on a tanget to the curve i was turning on and off the track.
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 05:16 |
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Norbie | Thu, 25 March 2004 06:46 |
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 08:43 |
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Mr DOHC | Thu, 25 March 2004 09:29 |
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draven | Thu, 25 March 2004 09:39 |
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spectral | Thu, 25 March 2004 10:14 |
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 10:31 |
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torque | Thu, 25 March 2004 13:11 |
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lang | Thu, 25 March 2004 23:10 |
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lang | Sat, 27 March 2004 00:41 |
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