Originally Posted by
kdub
Hex adapters on buggy...a few good things:
-front tires don't have bearings in the wheels
-you can put front tires on the back to break them in (typically on the street)
-Rear wheel/tire shared between TLR22, B4.1, and RB5 = all 3 major brands
-Front wheel shared between B4.1 and RB5
-Reduces broken wheel pins, and no wheel pins to fall out
I personally don't re-use wheels so I don't mind switching over. I only keep 1-2 pairs of each tire tread/compound and every time I mount new ones of the same tread, I throw away my oldest set.
I have hex only in the rear and only use hex during the winter months since all my clay wheels+tires are hex. Summer months I use pins and I do have bearings up front.