the tyres gave decent traction. and working to find a better setup was fun for a change (as opposed to foams where its not near as important).

wear was ok to the surface of the tyre.. they wern't being shreaded even with it being as hot as it was.. but one thing i found was that after a few runs the rubber went off and started to go quite hard. so new tyres were imo quicker. the other thing was with them not being belted, despite having 'the right' inserts there was some extra wear just in from the sidewall.

one thing i wasnt sure on was if the rules would let you:
a) use something like 'trinity deathgrip tire cleaner' on them.. it's basicly a tyre cleaner and conditioner that's meant to keep them closer to a new tyre?
b) what about actual 'traction additives' or other similar products?

in the end i didn't get ahold of any before hand so it wasn't an issue.. but i'd be interested to know for future referance.


the biggest cons of these tyres imo were:
proline touring tyres are always the biggest pain to mount.. and to try and get them true..

also quite a few people sounded like they were having troubles working out what brand of insert would fit them properly let alone what was working best.

if you include all the insert testing to find out what fits/works etc the costs involved probably started to get a little high..

something interesting i saw was at the reedy race they used a take off control tyre that came pre glued so stopped having to spend money finding the right inserts etc. i dont know if its a regular thing they have in production or if it was just a once off. or even if takeoff's are able to be told apart from each other (compound wise) maybe they'd be better choice of control tyre as they come with inserts.. which atleast gives you an insert that you know fits and that should work well enough for most people, perhaps something like that would end up being a more cost effective solution?