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jameswilkinson7 22-08-2010 07:12 PM

I ran these on grass today at Keighley regional.. Great grip, Very similar to Schumacher yellows.... Thumbs up from me so far.

paulc 22-08-2010 07:14 PM

Got some of these today but did'nt get to use them i think they feel slightly harder than Schumacher yellows

Tom3012 22-08-2010 07:26 PM

they seemed quite good when i ran them today at the regional, shame the quality control seems to be poor!

I had a new set and one felt slightly harder than the other, another chap had a set which were supposedly the same as mine but his were really hard and plasticy...

If they sort this out though, good times!

MRD 22-08-2010 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom3012 (Post 406860)
they seemed quite good when i ran them today at the regional, shame the quality control seems to be poor!

I had a new set and one felt slightly harder than the other, another chap had a set which were supposedly the same as mine but his were really hard and plasticy...

If they sort this out though, good times!

Yea, I must admit the ones I got on Saturday felt softer than the ones I bought today.

Battle_axe 22-08-2010 07:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom3012 (Post 406860)
they seemed quite good when i ran them today at the regional, shame the quality control seems to be poor!

I had a new set and one felt slightly harder than the other, another chap had a set which were supposedly the same as mine but his were really hard and plasticy...

If they sort this out though, good times!

What track did you run them at Tom?

Col 22-08-2010 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by IceMike (Post 406825)
but i can see them havin more of a role next year.

We had this same discussion a year or two ago about the GRP tyres. Everyone said they were great, everyone said we'll run them, blah blah blah!! Not a single national venue elected to run them and I've not seen a set since which is a shame.
I hope you're right on this one Mike as Schumacher have had a monopoly for far too long imo

mark christopher 22-08-2010 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Col (Post 406903)
We had this same discussion a year or two ago about the GRP tyres. Everyone said they were great, everyone said we'll run them, blah blah blah!! Not a single national venue elected to run them and I've not seen a set since which is a shame.
I hope you're right on this one Mike as Schumacher have had a monopoly for far too long imo

factory burnt down............

Col 22-08-2010 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mark christopher (Post 406905)
factory burnt down............

Seriously!?!

That would explain the lack of tyres...

IceMike 22-08-2010 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Col (Post 406903)
We had this same discussion a year or two ago about the GRP tyres. Everyone said they were great, everyone said we'll run them, blah blah blah!! Not a single national venue elected to run them and I've not seen a set since which is a shame.
I hope you're right on this one Mike as Schumacher have had a monopoly for far too long imo


yer but unfortunatly there were several issues with using the grp, wear rate bein a major one. we at oswestry tested them, but they just werent that great on our track as the schumachers. and from a club point of view, you dont just pick a tire cos of its cost or to get it into the market, you choose it because of how well it proforms on your surface.

the other issue was the fact that there main factory went up in flames and they have not attempted to get back into the 1/10 tire market since

mark christopher 22-08-2010 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Col (Post 406907)
Seriously!?!

That would explain the lack of tyres...

yup every thing went, last thing i heard the gandini brothers were in the clink.
http://www.redrc.net/2009/05/grp-gan...royed-by-fire/
though i think the company i being brought back at the min,

IceMike 22-08-2010 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mark christopher (Post 406911)
yup every thing went, last thing i heard the gandini brothers were in the clink.
http://www.redrc.net/2009/05/grp-gan...royed-by-fire/
though i think the company i being brought back at the min,

think i read somewhere that grp got brought by some chinese company, i know they got themselfs bac into the engine making business but not sure about the tires, it would have destroyed most of the moulds and things

Tom3012 22-08-2010 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Battle_axe (Post 406868)
What track did you run them at Tom?

I tried them at the north west regional at keithley today :)

mark christopher 22-08-2010 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IceMike (Post 406913)
think i read somewhere that grp got brought by some chinese company, i know they got themselfs bac into the engine making business but not sure about the tires, it would have destroyed most of the moulds and things

its all in the link they stopped producing engines fully and are making tyres there still in italy

matdodd 23-08-2010 06:47 PM

I ran them at the Keighley regional on the 2wd and the wear rate seams good:thumbsup: I got about 45 mins of track time out of 1 set and they seamed to be a similar pace to schumacher yellows/greens which everyone else was running in my heat.
I think a slightly softer compound would be better for dusty grass though

Pops 23-08-2010 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Col (Post 406056)
totally smooth as in knackered/worn out/need replacing?

Yes, totally stuffed!

Col 24-08-2010 10:23 PM

Pops - yours lasted a whole 20mins?
Matdodd - yours lasted 45mins?
I usually get around 2 meetings to a set of schumacher's so I'll stick with Mat's tyres.

Me thinks pops is throttle happy...!

matdodd 24-08-2010 11:05 PM

Ye I ran a couple of packs practise 4 rounds and the final on the same set :thumbsup:

jameswilkinson7 25-08-2010 08:37 AM

I ran B44 all day on fastrax and the x6 on schumacher yellows at Keighley. The Fastrax defiantly are worn less. I'm planning on trying them on shiny floor on Friday. That should show if they have similar grip.

mole2k 25-08-2010 10:14 AM

Has anybody ran these on polished wood yet, I would be interested to hear how they performed!

jameswilkinson7 25-08-2010 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mole2k (Post 407725)
Has anybody ran these on polished wood yet, I would be interested to hear how they performed!


I will on Friday:woot:


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