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Reading Tires

Post by shilka99 » Mon May 03, 2010 11:16 am

Hi All,
Its been a while since my last post. In that time I've been to Australia with the family. So while you guys were shivering in the snow we were sunning ourselves on Bondi beach.
Anyway, the reason for this post is as the title suggests. Dave Moss, suspension tuning guru on the west coast posted a new video last week about reading tire wear and how this can teach us about suspension tuning for the track.
Heres the link:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6516891
The video is over an hour long but very worthwhile if you want to learn more about how to optimize your setup.

I took the liberty of taking screenshots of what I thought were critical points in the presentation:
(The following are not my opinion, only excerpts from Daves descriptions)

1. Signs of rebound damping problems, and what neutral throttle looks like
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear1.jpg

2. More damping issues, only this one is almost catastrophic
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear2.jpg

3. An example of an ideal setup
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear3.jpg

4. Dangerous - if you see this dont go back on track without making geometry changes
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear4.jpg

5. Air pressure issues
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear5.jpg

6. The opposite air pressure issue
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear6.jpg

7. Air pressure issues on a multi-compound tire
http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz33 ... ewear7.jpg

Hope this helps.
Shaun.
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by Firewa11 » Mon May 03, 2010 2:35 pm

Nice!
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by Blizzard_1708 » Tue May 04, 2010 6:21 am

Awesome post RC30, when are you gonna make it out to a bike night with us?

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Re: Reading Tires

Post by shilka99 » Tue May 04, 2010 5:03 pm

I'd be at the next one if I could, but on thursdays the wife and I babysit our 2 nephews while their parents are working/in class. That means we have 3 boys under 10 in the house until 9. If I even suggested that I wanted to leave the wife alone with them to go socialise she'd shoot me.
I'm hoping to catch up with whoever from the club will be at Cresson for the next Ridesmart day. Looking forward to testing out my new suit! (thread with pics in riding gear forum)
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by Blizzard_1708 » Tue May 04, 2010 5:20 pm

bring the wife and kids!

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Post by U-Turn » Tue May 04, 2010 9:31 pm

Suit looks good - I hope you never need to test it.
But see how well it keeps you cool with the venting.
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by WillK675 » Thu May 06, 2010 2:38 pm

What blizz said... bring the wife and kiddos out to socialize and avoid getting shot.
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by GRex » Thu May 06, 2010 5:21 pm

KC817 wrote:Suit looks good - I hope you never need to test it.
But see how well it keeps you cool with the venting.
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Post by U-Turn » Thu May 06, 2010 8:37 pm

Am I on the rwong post?
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by shilka99 » Fri May 07, 2010 10:31 am

DPD?
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by U-Turn » Fri May 07, 2010 9:00 pm

rc30fan wrote:DPD?
Don't
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Re: Reading Tires

Post by sckego » Sat May 08, 2010 6:13 am

Finally got the chance to sit down and watch this. Very informative stuff, thanks for the link!
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