We all SHOULD know that new tires come to us with a lot of manufacturing oils and residues on the surface. Because of that, we need to watch our traction requests for many miles (some say ~150) until the new tires are "scuffed-in". Here's where the problems lies....
Demanding little traction of the tires means that they will not get leaned over into aggressive turns. Not leaning the tires over means that the edges never get scuffed-in. After riding 150 meandering miles, to wear some of the skin off of our new tires, we want to hit some turns and push the traction limits. When we do so, we are venturing out onto "new tire". The edges are still untouched and can be slippery. It's ironic that if we don't push the handling limits of the tires, the traction may never be there to do so.
How do you handle tire-break-in? Do you use counter-weighting to lean the bike more agressively than is necessary? Employ manual/hand scuffing? Slowly scuff the tire edges by gradually getting deeper into turns?
Demanding little traction of the tires means that they will not get leaned over into aggressive turns. Not leaning the tires over means that the edges never get scuffed-in. After riding 150 meandering miles, to wear some of the skin off of our new tires, we want to hit some turns and push the traction limits. When we do so, we are venturing out onto "new tire". The edges are still untouched and can be slippery. It's ironic that if we don't push the handling limits of the tires, the traction may never be there to do so.
How do you handle tire-break-in? Do you use counter-weighting to lean the bike more agressively than is necessary? Employ manual/hand scuffing? Slowly scuff the tire edges by gradually getting deeper into turns?
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