Best material for sand tires?
Posted: 02 Mar 2012, 11:28 am
OK,
So I've got 5' diameter wheels on my new kraft. And I've wrapped them with 2.10" wide mountain bike tires with an aggressive tread. That seems to work great on pavement and dirt. But what about sand? From experience, I know that a kraft with similar wheels weighing A LOT less than mine bogged down in our soft sand last year and was nearly impossible to push out.
I have seen Flatmo, Funguy, and a lot of other CA racers wrap their wheels with some sort of thick white material for the sand course. My question: what are they using? Anyone else have something that works well and can be attached and removed from a tall narrow wheel in just a few minutes? Unfortunately our race course is very short (2 hours and its over) and all transitions are done on the clock. I only need to cross a few hundred feet of sand. But I want to absolutely dominate my competition without resorting to brute force or just carrying the kraft over. That's what they do and I'm looking for a more "kinetic" solution.
Thanx,
Dr. Diabolical
evil genius
So I've got 5' diameter wheels on my new kraft. And I've wrapped them with 2.10" wide mountain bike tires with an aggressive tread. That seems to work great on pavement and dirt. But what about sand? From experience, I know that a kraft with similar wheels weighing A LOT less than mine bogged down in our soft sand last year and was nearly impossible to push out.
I have seen Flatmo, Funguy, and a lot of other CA racers wrap their wheels with some sort of thick white material for the sand course. My question: what are they using? Anyone else have something that works well and can be attached and removed from a tall narrow wheel in just a few minutes? Unfortunately our race course is very short (2 hours and its over) and all transitions are done on the clock. I only need to cross a few hundred feet of sand. But I want to absolutely dominate my competition without resorting to brute force or just carrying the kraft over. That's what they do and I'm looking for a more "kinetic" solution.
Thanx,
Dr. Diabolical
evil genius