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Old 03-22-2007, 05:21 PM
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Martin Crisp
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To answer your question
is it coming in contact directly that you have a problem with or is it just being in the air.
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Both affect me. The skin on my hands become cracked dry, itchy and sometimes the cracked skin bleeds. Since wearing gloves more often than not, I have been able to reduce that issue.

The airborn vapours I can't avoid without wearing one of those high tech masks. I have worn them when truing tires, but for me I don't want to wear those heavy masks all day long.



I agree that tires are a big expense for drivers. There have been many debates on foam v.s. rubber as to which one is cheaper...so i won't go there . I prefer rubber tires personally but not because of a difference in cost.

At the end of the day, drivers only have so much money to spend on this hobby (as do sponsors on their drivers). I am not convinced that people will spend more than what they do today on the hobby. In other words if a driver spends $200 per month on average for this hobby, the driver will continue to spend $200 per month on this hobby on average, because that is what their personal budget can afford (everyone has a different budget). If my theory is essentially correct then just like today, a drivers budget will determine what type of tires they will buy, how often they will buy it and how much the true them down. etc.
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