Brayton's rear Pirelli hard at work

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Cool shot. Do you have any pictures of the tires the guys were running in step up? A picture I saw of Hannys looked like it had a fair amount of the rubber already worn (assuming so it would hook up on the hardpack better).
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Crush 8/4/2013 5:23am
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Wow!

Hey what air pressure do the factory teams run in SX GuyB?
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bents 8/4/2013 6:43am
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So that is why they test tires....who knew?
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ricko 8/4/2013 7:51am
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wow that's pretty wild, cool shot!

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djc 8/4/2013 7:55am
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I gotta say I been using Pirelli front tires and had one on my bike and just put a new one on and they are the best tires I have ever used so far. Sweet pic.
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MtnBoy 8/4/2013 7:56am
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Pretty amazing everything that is going on while these guys are hauling ass! Cool pic!
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GoonSquad250x 8/4/2013 8:21am
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Looks like they were trying to get all the traction they could outta that tire!! We saw some pics posted on here like that not to long, that's crazy how they can run some of these works set ups on a hard track like that. Pretty cool.
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GuyB 8/4/2013 10:01am
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Crush wrote:
Wow!

Hey what air pressure do the factory teams run in SX GuyB?
Not sure. The guy who wrenched for Justin this weekend reads (and occasionally posts) here...maybe he'll chime in.
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KGAspeed 8/4/2013 11:36am
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And don't most or many of them secretly run Tubliss / or a tubeless system of some kind? If so, he could be running 9 or 10psi... looks that way from the photo.
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DanDunes818 8/4/2013 11:41am
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Crush wrote:
Wow!

Hey what air pressure do the factory teams run in SX GuyB?
Air, what air?

Awesome pic Gibby.. Man, I wish my tires could do that, or better yet, I wish I could make any tire do that.
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M-M 8/4/2013 11:52am
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Running a mousse?
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T-Fish 8/4/2013 12:37pm
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gotwings wrote:
Hey man,
Nice shot!
I see what you did there.









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mousse is getting more and more common even for privateers. flats suck!
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Mousse inserts seem like they wouldn't be the best option. They add so much unsprung weight. Tire balls or the TuBliss system seem like a great alternative.

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rohleder644 8/4/2013 2:35pm
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On second thought, the possibility of "burping" a tubliss setup seems too likely
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FGR01 8/4/2013 9:22pm
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GuyB wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2013/08/04/28465/s1200_080413pirelli.jpg[/img]
Riding the knobs on the right edge in a left hand corner. This changes the whole thought process for tire pressure setup and cornering technique.
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mcopsey 8/5/2013 6:12am
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rohleder644 wrote:
On second thought, the possibility of "burping" a tubliss setup seems too likely
It's not the same as a mountain bike setup, I'm talking about the Tubliss brand.
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GuyB 8/5/2013 9:12am
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KGAspeed wrote:
And don't most or many of them secretly run Tubliss / or a tubeless system of some kind? If so, he could be running 9 or...
And don't most or many of them secretly run Tubliss / or a tubeless system of some kind? If so, he could be running 9 or 10psi... looks that way from the photo.
No.
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GuyB 8/5/2013 9:13am
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gotwings wrote:
Hey man,
Nice shot!
Good shot. man.
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dsmith 8/5/2013 9:56am
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it's just a shot....it's just a shot away.
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kev472 8/5/2013 12:45pm
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therealjonon wrote:
mousse is getting more and more common even for privateers. flats suck!
Yeah but remember Pourcel at the 2011 mxon
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rohleder644 8/5/2013 7:24pm
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rohleder644 wrote:
On second thought, the possibility of "burping" a tubliss setup seems too likely
mcopsey wrote:
It's not the same as a mountain bike setup, I'm talking about the Tubliss brand.
Me too
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Starvin_Martin wrote:
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v640/lumpy790/aa74bab6e36278d2589d5466258b097a.jpg[/img] remember this?

remember this?
That looks so sketchy. I don't know how they get away with running pressure that low.
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mx757 8/6/2013 6:15pm
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That looks so sketchy. I don't know how they get away with running pressure that low.
I have a feeling having an unlimited supply of rims helps.

Back in maybe 06 or 07, one of the 1st years of the national at thunder valley, we were checking out the bikes, we noticed Windhams back wheel was toasted, maybe from super low pressure?

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