Rear tyre shredded by too much torque on DD

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Rear tyre shredded by too much torque on DD

Postby davekmoore » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:50 pm

Clearly I've built up too more leg power thru having to use my bike as my DD:

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Re: Rear tyre shredded by too much torque on DD

Postby Okibi » Sun Mar 16, 2014 11:58 pm

I think it's telling you something "<- DRIVE"

Or that Kanye West built it.

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Re: Rear tyre shredded by too much torque on DD

Postby Xauterus » Tue Apr 22, 2014 1:15 am

Those gum wall tyres always go that way. The sides break down. Probably the UV, better to go with a black wall tyre.

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Re: Rear tyre shredded by too much torque on DD

Postby timk » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:50 pm

My GP4000s did that too. I figured it was from kissing the kerb!


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