Contact Patch....heard of it?

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Edited Date/Time 4/4/2024 6:55am

Holy moly watching the Pulp show. Steve and Nicoletti and the 2 other dudes shrugged when a caller mentioned a smaller contact patch might help slow the bikes down. Doesnt the topic come up as they discuss tire pressure? I cant believe 2 professional racers and 2 professional mechanics never heard the term before. 

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4/3/2024 6:18pm

So you’re saying you’re shocked that people involved in a sport that gets covered by people that go to work in cargo shorts and logo tees that can barely get their geds don’t know what contact patch on a tire is? 

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GrapeApe
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4/3/2024 6:32pm

Sorry you didn't get the response you wanted from your call

 

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wopachop
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4/3/2024 6:40pm

This is getting more funny!!

First dude looks like a douche so whatever. 

Grape ape is a wonderful strain. Willing to listen. 

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wopachop
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4/3/2024 6:50pm

Did nobody else catch it? How does a racer go his life not hearing about contact patch. 

 

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4/3/2024 6:54pm

A term more commonly referred to in road racing.

Only way to reduce it is narrower tires

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enketchum
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4/3/2024 7:03pm

DV talked about this a lot on the Pulp show when he was on a few years ago. Guys would run 5psig and wonder why they were getting pinch flats. 

 

GREAT RADIO BRO

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enketchum
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How do you expect AMA or FIM to mandate a contact patch size? 

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bonseff
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We talkin' bout exposed muffs again?

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4/3/2024 7:07pm
wopachop wrote:

This is getting more funny!!

First dude looks like a douche so whatever. 

Grape ape is a wonderful strain. Willing to listen. 

Your avatar is a clown on a 3 wheeler wearing Women’s footwear, outstanding. 

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4/3/2024 7:09pm
wopachop wrote:

This is getting more funny!!

First dude looks like a douche so whatever. 

Grape ape is a wonderful strain. Willing to listen. 

1911 wrote:

Your avatar is a clown on a 3 wheeler wearing Women’s footwear, outstanding. 

Im up in Vegas all the time. Lets chat about it?

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4/3/2024 7:11pm
wopachop wrote:

Did nobody else catch it? How does a racer go his life not hearing about contact patch. 

 

Nah man we all heard your call. It was aight. 

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4/3/2024 7:12pm
wopachop wrote:

Did nobody else catch it? How does a racer go his life not hearing about contact patch. 

 

aeffertz wrote:

Nah man we all heard your call. It was aight. 

Good laughs. 

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4/3/2024 7:13pm
wopachop wrote:

This is getting more funny!!

First dude looks like a douche so whatever. 

Grape ape is a wonderful strain. Willing to listen. 

1911 wrote:

Your avatar is a clown on a 3 wheeler wearing Women’s footwear, outstanding. 

wopachop wrote:

Im up in Vegas all the time. Lets chat about it?

You dont accept private messages. Lets me know. Im 2 hours away. 

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bonseff wrote:

We talkin' bout exposed muffs again?

FTW !!

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1911 wrote:

Your avatar is a clown on a 3 wheeler wearing Women’s footwear, outstanding. 

wopachop wrote:

Im up in Vegas all the time. Lets chat about it?

wopachop wrote:

You dont accept private messages. Lets me know. Im 2 hours away. 

Creepy as AF

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wopachop
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Muffs. Talk to me about muffs? 

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wopachop
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wopachop wrote:

Im up in Vegas all the time. Lets chat about it?

wopachop wrote:

You dont accept private messages. Lets me know. Im 2 hours away. 

1911 wrote:

Creepy as AF

Yeah sorry man. Not trying to be creepy. If you have an issue please write me. I will call you. Right now lets talk. I get the feeling youre a cop. 

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4/3/2024 7:34pm
wopachop wrote:

Im up in Vegas all the time. Lets chat about it?

wopachop wrote:

You dont accept private messages. Lets me know. Im 2 hours away. 

1911 wrote:

Creepy as AF

*Creepy AF

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4/3/2024 7:35pm Edited Date/Time 4/3/2024 7:35pm

Wtf is happening in here?

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MxAddic
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4/3/2024 7:47pm

The only contact patches Steve knows about are the ones he scrubs out of his shorts.

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I think I'll take a nap, maybe order a pizza, doesn't really matter

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This is riveting 

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JustMX
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4/3/2024 8:05pm

Starting to look like some people's idea of "contact patch" is in a wooded picnic area at an interstate rest stop

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bonseff
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4/3/2024 8:08pm

no cops in the contact patch, please. call me

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wopachop wrote:

This is getting more funny!!

First dude looks like a douche so whatever. 

Grape ape is a wonderful strain. Willing to listen. 

1911 wrote:

Your avatar is a clown on a 3 wheeler wearing Women’s footwear, outstanding. 

wopachop wrote:

Im up in Vegas all the time. Lets chat about it?

I just opened a boxing academy in Vegas. Would you be down to swing bye and spar one of our up and comers (14 years old) to show how core you are and we record it and post here so they can give you your props?

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OldTech
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4/3/2024 8:30pm

Are we drunk posting? Can you name one bad ass three wheeler pro racer?

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Oldschool
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4/3/2024 9:25pm Edited Date/Time 4/3/2024 9:25pm

Stud 

I tried boxing for MX training a decade ago..it was a first lesson free..dude..it was run by a pro Women boxer  , and basically she uses us as sparing bait for her legit at the gym / ring program  

I stuck around for about 5 weeks and the two things I learned...

" REACH" if your opponent has longer reach your screwed..

& !! Protect your Head & Face 

Sure you want to be throwing down like you see on TV.

But your not even 1% of anything close lol

I do not recommend getting beat up by Women Boxers as MX trying even if it's free.

 

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