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Originally Posted by losixxx
its nothing to do with the manufactures, its the actual clubs who decide what tyre to run.
also shops find it hard enough with the current tyre selection and weather to know what to stock, for example CDS got loads of pink BB spikes for kiddy national when rain was forecast then sunday was cancelled thus leaving them with some 40 sets of tyres that will sit on the shelf for god knows how long. thats a awful lot of money tied up. im sure dom's had the same problem at times. you will find that shops just won't have tyre's available trackside and just rely on pre-orders if diff tyres for every meeting comes in. the control tyre is the cheaper option even at rrp of £8 per pair. you ask some of the top boy's how many odd makes of tyre they have sitting in there pit boxes and work out how much there cost!! and if they will ever use them! tr32's are a prime example another how many people have BB mini pins i for 1 have probably 20 pairs that i can't use at reg//nationals
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Yeah but like any business you have to accept the risks if you want to try and make money by running a shop - same could be said about any Kits etc, you can't ever guarantee what people will buy can you??
I've got shed loads of tyres i'll probably never use, but Ebay's a great thing for that
What about Euro's? People don't seem to mind going out there with all kinds of tyres?? I remember having to take enough of each combination that could possibly work and it was just embarrassing having an entire hauler full of tyres yet we still did it. It's part of competing at the highest levels i'm afraid.
If it was 2 sets per meeting of a nominated tyre that would cost a hell of a lot less overall, you could buy all the tyres in Feb or whenever dates are announced knowing exactly what you're going to use at each event. Surely this would also keep shops stocks right down??