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So I've noticed a fair few people I ride with regularly weave from side to side for a couple hundred yards to "warm their tyres up".
I'm going to take an educated guess here and say that it'll take a hell of a lot more than that to make any noticeable difference, right? Or is there something else I'm not getting? ![]() |
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Maybe you need to find somebody else to ride with. |
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lol, how silly I must have sounded.
They're good people, just slightly misinformed ![]() |
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I do it out of boredom too.
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I do it sometimes, not to generate heat but to stop the tyre from squaring off. I'm a tightar*e like that
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I do it quite often. It gives me a warm pleasant feeling that my tyres are red hot when I enter the next corner.
I heard of someone who crashed while doing it and busted up a brand new blade. He must have felt silly. |
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Each to their own.
If it gives them that little more reassurance that their tyres are warmer, then let them do it. Although some car drivers don't approve of it. I will occasionally do it knowing that it will make hardly any difference, but it still makes me feel better before I go round some twisties. |
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I guess if its a placebo thing, no harm done, each to their own etc.
And yes, MBK. Although your post sounds kind of patronizing. I promise I'm not a hooligan ![]() |
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