Should slicks be outlawed?
02-02-2015, 11:45 AM
#46
I ran my panther slicks at the track last wednesday, it was glorious. freshly watered and slick as snot for the guys running electrons and dirt webs. I had more than enough traction.
I'm all for allowing slicks.
I'm all for allowing slicks.
02-02-2015, 11:48 AM
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02-02-2015, 11:56 AM
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I thought this was a thread about.....oh look a butterfly
02-02-2015, 02:23 PM
#51
The author did a terrible job of trying to convince me why slicks should be banned. Really lazy writing...
02-02-2015, 03:00 PM
#53
I'm not For or Against slicks, with that said my track runs slicks. If I want to be competitive I run that tire, if I go down to the track 30 miles from me I'll probably run treads. I'm going to run whatever is going to give me the best chance of being up front. I honestly think that I have learned a lot about setup running slicks. With the consistency of knowing a slick tire works I have had to learn about spring rates, oils, shock positions, and camber link adjustments. All of that translates into my understanding of my cars even if I go to the track that runs treads. In my opinion I have become a better driver learning how to work on a "twitchy" slick tire running car.
02-02-2015, 04:32 PM
#54
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Slicks are amazing... for a newer racer begging for grip I think slicks are great. I have no reasoning whatsoever for this statement, but, I would rather learn with slicks and "too much" grip, than on anything else with no grip at all. At least with a bunch of grip you can point the car strait and pull trigger 
02-02-2015, 05:41 PM
#55
Slicks are amazing... for a newer racer begging for grip I think slicks are great. I have no reasoning whatsoever for this statement, but, I would rather learn with slicks and "too much" grip, than on anything else with no grip at all. At least with a bunch of grip you can point the car strait and pull trigger
02-02-2015, 05:55 PM
#56
Banning slicks
Let's ban slicks because we want to spend $40 on tires that last 1 race day. Let's also ban lipo packs because replacing nimh packs after several months was great. I don't like the brushless motors either because they leave me too much free time on race day and I enjoy changing brushes and truing coms every 4 runs.
Bring back the old days!!!!! The discharge trays, com truers, soldering irons, boxes of brushes and all of the other junk races needed sure brought in lots of new racers.
If your track is abrasive and wears tires, and slicks work, thank the owners every race day for allowing them. They just saved you $40 per race day.
I realize that for the serious sponsored racers $40 is peanuts (since it cost them $22 with their sponsorship discount) and they enjoy spending $4 per run on tires (comes out to $40 per hour of running,) but can't they think of all the lowly unsponsored racers?
The only negative to running slicks is that your money stays in your wallet, which is bad for those that want to get more of it.
Bring back the old days!!!!! The discharge trays, com truers, soldering irons, boxes of brushes and all of the other junk races needed sure brought in lots of new racers.
If your track is abrasive and wears tires, and slicks work, thank the owners every race day for allowing them. They just saved you $40 per race day.
I realize that for the serious sponsored racers $40 is peanuts (since it cost them $22 with their sponsorship discount) and they enjoy spending $4 per run on tires (comes out to $40 per hour of running,) but can't they think of all the lowly unsponsored racers?
The only negative to running slicks is that your money stays in your wallet, which is bad for those that want to get more of it.
02-02-2015, 06:03 PM
#57
Let's ban slicks because we want to spend $40 on tires that last 1 race day. Let's also ban lipo packs because replacing nimh packs after several months was great. I don't like the brushless motors either because they leave me too much free time on race day and I enjoy changing brushes and truing coms every 4 runs.
Bring back the old days!!!!! The discharge trays, com truers, soldering irons, boxes of brushes and all of the other junk races needed sure brought in lots of new racers.
If your track is abrasive and wears tires, and slicks work, thank the owners every race day for allowing them. They just saved you $40 per race day.
I realize that for the serious sponsored racers $40 is peanuts (since it cost them $22 with their sponsorship discount) and they enjoy spending $4 per run on tires (comes out to $40 per hour of running,) but can't they think of all the lowly
unsponsored racers?
The only negative to running slicks is that your money stays in your wallet, which is bad for those that want to get more of it.
Bring back the old days!!!!! The discharge trays, com truers, soldering irons, boxes of brushes and all of the other junk races needed sure brought in lots of new racers.
If your track is abrasive and wears tires, and slicks work, thank the owners every race day for allowing them. They just saved you $40 per race day.
I realize that for the serious sponsored racers $40 is peanuts (since it cost them $22 with their sponsorship discount) and they enjoy spending $4 per run on tires (comes out to $40 per hour of running,) but can't they think of all the lowly
unsponsored racers?
The only negative to running slicks is that your money stays in your wallet, which is bad for those that want to get more of it.
Well put Bill
02-02-2015, 07:28 PM
#58
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I ran at a track years ago and all we used were slicks. I thought it was nice because you could run two sets of tires all winter and be competitive. Now at the track I run at now a set of ions lasts 3 weeks maybe and no one can seem to find a better tire that works there.
02-03-2015, 12:17 PM
#60
jumping doesn't feel like off-road? I mean I can still get my off-road vehicle to bicycle, wheelie, break loose and even power slide corners.. with slicks. So what's different? dirt flying all over the place requiring a bunch of maintenance between rounds? Please explain to me/us how it's not off-road?
Don't mistake this as any sort of attack. I have an epic branded car carrying bag of tires for treaded outdoor use.. that's a lot of flippin tires.
Don't mistake this as any sort of attack. I have an epic branded car carrying bag of tires for treaded outdoor use.. that's a lot of flippin tires.