High speed tires
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You guys are too paranoid with bicycle tires, unless you're going over 100 MPH...... I don't think you should be fearful of tires exploding on you. With that said, most people couldn't care less about tires which is kinda like how Fast n' Furious kids think, and all they focus on is more SPEED SPEED SPEED like a junkie with no self-control. Oh, they don't care about brakes either..... it's all about that new Speed Carb and banana pipe, YO! Their way of thinking is, if I'm not spending money on more speed, then I'm not spending money right. You know them types.
That's good info thanks. I run the CST Cyclops as well only in 26x2.4. But they do seem to wear fast, only got about 500 miles on them and it's showing. Not bad for $14 a piece though and I take em up to about 55mph.
Also they have good traction in the wet definitely better than the assortment of other cheap tires.
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This is Scotto's 12hp, CVT, over 60mph:
212cc Predator Ride......terrorizing the neighborhood (in California)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aFd3x7Vms
At 11:44, you can see his speedometer is just a hair under 50 mph.
The worse case would be the piece of steel that would shred your tire.
A stronger heavier moped tire would give more time before you are riding on the rim.
212cc Predator Ride......terrorizing the neighborhood (in California)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2aFd3x7Vms
At 11:44, you can see his speedometer is just a hair under 50 mph.
The worse case would be the piece of steel that would shred your tire.
A stronger heavier moped tire would give more time before you are riding on the rim.
No. see my sig 212 2-speed. Floating valves at 5k and 7:1, could change one sprocket and make it a 6.4:1 and hit 60 at 5k, but there's no place to ride that fast; all the expressway speed limits around here are 45-50.
I run the very heavy thorn resistant tubes and haven't had a problem yet. Never had a front blow out on me.
Here's the rear. Yep about 600mi and no burnouts... when I was still doing burnouts I'd get about 3-4 burns per tire before it wore out LOL.
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How much do thorn resistant tubes go for? And where did you buy them, I can't seem to find them at stores like Walmart or Target, etc. I was thinking about getting some of those inner tube lining protector.... what's your opinion on it?
BTW, your bicycle hitting 60 mph doesn't count because it's not a motorized bicycle..... you can't pedal it! See, to me I don't understand why people would put a motor on it and lose pedals, that's like ruining the whole point of motorized bicycle. I mean if you wanted to do that, mind as well just get one of those small mini bikes!
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My pedal chain turns the jackshaft. But I haven't pedaled the bike anywhere for a long, long time. Only stuff like flea markets and such, but even then I don't because it gets way too much attention and I don't get any "me" time.
In CA a bike like this can fall under the MB law easily which is much more lenient when it comes to basic violations than with a car or motorcycle.
Tubes you can find on amazon think they were $7 each.
In CA a bike like this can fall under the MB law easily which is much more lenient when it comes to basic violations than with a car or motorcycle.
Tubes you can find on amazon think they were $7 each.
