Tyres Weight

If we can all just agree to weigh our preffered tyres before the next set are fitted...easy database to assemble.

Grant

 

That is assuming that people give a toss. Personally, I don't. I can save weight for free by just going on a diet!!!!

 

Better may be to try both approaches to weight loss.

Stand away from the pies!

 

I remember many years ago when people were swapping their Brembo 916 etc wheels for the later Marcheseni wheels "because they were lighter", it was pointed out that the mass difference between the bare wheels was less than the variation in mass of many popular tyre makes at the time.

 

I run Dunlop KR108’s and I must say, particularly the front tyre, they feel heavy.

 

It's an impossible situation. I would rather have a heavier tyre that lasts and does not explode. And when they add balancing weights to my wheel, I don't question it, but some may. Others might prefer to save unsprung weight by having a lighter tyre that lasts 10 seconds or blows out if you run over a stone.

I want to ride on the roads around me with their frequent pot-holes, rocks delivered by tractors, or bits of scrap metal from the docks (who export scrap to Spain) and not get punctures (or worse) every 10 seconds. Race tracks are very different and a race tyre can be less robust.

Castle Combe has agricultural farming on the infield, but I assume that farm vehicles can only get across the track in one place and the track is swept where they cross. I hope!

 

Very interesting insight Sev, thank you.

 

Speak for yourself..I'm nice and slim already!...