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Tyres comparable or better than BF Goodrich Mud Terrain.
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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 7470092" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>This is a common belief. As tyres wear out, surely they are getting closer and closer to what a slick tyre looks like and we know how good they are on race cars (in the dry at least).</p><p></p><p>Only it's not the tyre carcass itself that is providing the grip on tyres with tread- it's the tread blocks. When they are new, the tread blocks are tall and flex substantially, offering a lot of adhesion to the road. As they wear down significantly, there is less leverage and they can't flex as much- cut all the bristles off your toothbrush at half depth and see how gentle it is?</p><p></p><p>This is why grip decreases as tread depth decreases.</p><p></p><p>Those BFG tyres have huge treads when new- they grip like stink off road and will get you further than General grabbers because the treads are a different shape. But as they wear, they are very thick treads and I don't think they have the flexibility of other tyres and certainly as they wear down the tread becomes a lovely flat piece of rubber on the road which IME, offers fudge all adhesion in the wet...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 7470092, member: 54866"] This is a common belief. As tyres wear out, surely they are getting closer and closer to what a slick tyre looks like and we know how good they are on race cars (in the dry at least). Only it's not the tyre carcass itself that is providing the grip on tyres with tread- it's the tread blocks. When they are new, the tread blocks are tall and flex substantially, offering a lot of adhesion to the road. As they wear down significantly, there is less leverage and they can't flex as much- cut all the bristles off your toothbrush at half depth and see how gentle it is? This is why grip decreases as tread depth decreases. Those BFG tyres have huge treads when new- they grip like stink off road and will get you further than General grabbers because the treads are a different shape. But as they wear, they are very thick treads and I don't think they have the flexibility of other tyres and certainly as they wear down the tread becomes a lovely flat piece of rubber on the road which IME, offers fudge all adhesion in the wet... [/QUOTE]
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