B.V 72 1,054 Posted June 7, 2021 Are the new tyres being used this year fit for purpose.There have been a lot of falls/injuries this year in a very small number of meetings could the new tyres be a cause of this ?. Form your own opinion by going to Kyle Bickleys facebook page where he has posted pictures of a new tyre that has badly broken up after racing 3 heats on it.Would like to hear your opinions on here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iainb 4,962 Posted June 7, 2021 43 minutes ago, B.V 72 said: Are the new tyres being used this year fit for purpose.There have been a lot of falls/injuries this year in a very small number of meetings could the new tyres be a cause of this ?. Form your own opinion by going to Kyle Bickleys facebook page where he has posted pictures of a new tyre that has badly broken up after racing 3 heats on it.Would like to hear your opinions on here. Probably more due to most riders not racing for nearly 2 years. Although having said that, when I was hanging around the pits after the match at Peterborough last week there was a lot of scrutiny of 1 particular tyre... Buster Chapman, Rob Lyons, Hans N Andersen, Richard Knight, Peter Oakes and a few others having a good hard look at it. So something didn't seem quite right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted June 7, 2021 Two things 1) the riders are rusty. 2) go back to the “old” tyre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
*JJ 509 Posted June 8, 2021 16 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: Two things 1) the riders are rusty. 2) go back to the “old” tyre Which 'old' tyre? The hard Barum tyre introduced a few years ago used to break up instead of wearing down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OveFundinFan 4,137 Posted June 8, 2021 7 minutes ago, *JJ said: Which 'old' tyre? The hard Barum tyre introduced a few years ago used to break up instead of wearing down. So, the riders are racing around on tyres not fit for purpose - new or “old”. Wonderful. Did Greg Hancock’s Golden tyre break up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dontforgetthefueltapsbruv 10,695 Posted June 8, 2021 2 hours ago, OveFundinFan said: So, the riders are racing around on tyres not fit for purpose - new or “old”. Wonderful. Did Greg Hancock’s Golden tyre break up It wouldn't matter as he would use a new one for each race in a GP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
