Speaking of tires.....I've been out of racing for a while and I come back only to find a huge variety of compounds and wheel diameters to choose from. I see a bunch of guys running the new larger rims and cutting the foam down to nothing and saying that my old small rim stuff will not compete. CRC, Jaco & Parma brands, yellow, pink, grey, white & black rears. Magenta, Pink, Double Pink, Purple, ect. fronts.

What is everyone running these days (on a local level) for rim size and do you see a big difference from the older small rims? Seems crazy to me to buy something that is smaller out of the box than I would usually run. Is the extra $$ really worth it?

I was always under the impression that all the rubber came from the same manufacturer and that the harder stuff just came from the outter edges of the sheets and the softer from the center. Is it different now?

I've been running old Purple fronts and Pink rears for the last couple of weeks with good results but need to start thinking about new and not sure which direction to go. Your thoughts?