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Old 11-07-2015 | 08:29 PM
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I realise this is probably a stupid question but is there ANY way of making foam tyres work on concrete tennis court surfaces without using a "wet" tyre prep etc

I would love to run my 1/12 more but the only regular track close to me is setup on 2 concrete tennis courts. The surface appears to offer grip and rubber TC and F1 tyres work passingly well, but I think because it only has a very fine texture, foam tyres struggle to get any bite on the surface. The only time I've been able to make it work there was after rain and the surface was extremely clean and that has only happened once in 2 years (lots of construction etc around the area so lots of dust even after rain).

Obviously, because its a multipurpose facility, leaving traction compound marks all over the place is simply not acceptable. Whatever prep I do (if there is any) would have to leave the tyres "dry" to touch.
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