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Old 01-01-2007, 09:03 PM
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Whats the difference between a Hard compound spec foam., and a Spec Rubber tires, other then being harder to tech....

Originally Posted by imjonah
If a race program which had everyone run a spec foam tire, that was very hard( made primarily for long life and durability) and that came pre trued to some set size like 58mm, might solve some of the issues discussed in this thread.

While a hard compound would be slower everyone would be equally effected.

The combo of brushless and lipo cells has the potential of lowering long term costs and maintainence, if we could bring tires into the equation I can see it really helping the sport.
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