racenut123

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So you have run these too?

ta04evah

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In the lead up to the recent Australian ep on road nationals, a couple of drivers were testing the new XR rears on a hot medium to high grip asphalt track.

One of the comments made of them was "one run wonders" meaning that they were good brand new, but quickly lost grip after around 6 minute races.

Normally on the very hot tracks here in the summer, people would use the Ride R1 on the rear as they are(were) the only tire to give grip on a hot track, because Pit's overheated very quickly (even their new "36 degree" tire) and lost all grip.
The R1's however can be a pain in the rear as they often have the habit of coming off the rim, requiring gluing to make sure (hoping) they didn't come off during the next race .

I personally haven't had a chance to test the new XR tires yet, and am only going off what other drivers here mentioned to me.

florianlaux

No dirt build up

The R1 reara gripp much better and hold the gripp until they fall apart

bertrandsv87

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No dirt build up , then tires overheating or sidewalls collapsing with heat(use stronger foam inserts), or maybe the problem is not in the rear at all, but rather the front tires becoming too sticky at the end of the run( no sauce in front tires), etc.... Lots of possibilities here.... Good luck....

florianlaux

Its not about setup or tire sauce......car is the same...i just switchted from the R1 rears to the new ones.
fronts in always the new Rides.

Less overall grip in the rear and after 4 batterypacks they are done.
I tried 3 sets.....always the same.

The new ones are smaller and have a harder insert.

and the compount seems to be different

bertrandsv87

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Understood, in that case don't use them anymore in the rear...

Skiddins

Well, if they do only last a few runs, it could make the ETS meetings where we're running for three days on one set interesting lol

florianlaux

I just wanted to hear if anybody else has made the same experience....

Gillblade

Have 3 practices (20 packs) and 2 races on the Ride XR tires now!!! No loss of grip at all in the rear, they are planted... Cleaning with Würt brakeclean and saucing with AME sauce... But the front tires are like eggs!! Have never seen a tire that has so much wobble in them, and the grip is a little to low in the front for my liking... So I'm gonna try out the Pit 572/571 combo that come preglued from Schumacher with tuning haus rims instead...

Skiddins

The Ride XR's I have are pretty well balanced, certainly compared to the old Ride's, put them on a tyre sander and it would virtually leap off the table.

acolars

Hi,
How do You guys prep brandnew XR Tires ? light sanding ?
Will be running them on ETS carpet.

Thanx for Your replies in advance :-)

Lars

Skiddins

First ETS meeting, running one set for three days, tyres worked well.
I took the seem off the centre and used a Scotchbrite pad etc on the them.

They still look in good condition, I'll double check them later now I'm home to see how the sidewalls look, but wasn't aware of anyone having any issues all weekend.

xbass

Hello

I "tested" this Tire and i have the same issue on Asphalt. After 4 Accupacks the rear lost the Grip. I try to use LRP, Tire Tweak, Migthy Grip usw. But everytime the same, after 4 Accupacks the rear lost grip. Have anyone an idea ?

JayL

the Ride XR?

Mine are still the same after 15+ asphalt runs. I use LRP sauce. They don have low grip on some types of Asphalt. At my main track they work great, others tracks not so good

David1976

At our local track the R1 rides are much better than the XR's in terms of grip. In fact its hard to compete using the XR's. The XR's have a smaller sidewall and don't tear as easily but the grip is not as good.

Why is this?