Cut Staggered Ribs

[FARLEY]

With this new tyre , are inserts needed also are they mounted onto slim or wider wheels.
cheers
Spencer

[Dudders]

I use them with inserts on normal wider front tyre.

[simoncrabb]

Yes, agreed, they are very different to the staggered rib, so wide rim with an insert.

I like quite a firm insert in them, or even a 4wd insert like a tubby in them to fill them up, or the middle tends to collapse a little.

[panch]

Just picked up a set of these to try this weekend back to back v the older style ones...

Whats the difference in using a wider wheel v a skinny wheel, I have always used skinny wheels in 2wd so am interested to know before i glue them up

Any help appreciated

[markwilliamson2001]

The skinny wheels are the very old style wheels that were used on the Losi XX and models of that generation...

Models since the B4, have used a wider wheel, which is now standard width in 2wd. This is due to the popularity of wide ribs in the ol USA.
I would use a std width b4 wheel with inserts IMO. I know Sleigh said he ran 4wd front inserts in his!!

Hope this helps Lee.

[panch]

Cheers Mark

Do wider wheels give better steering v the skinny type or do most use the wider wheels purely because stretching a 2wd tyre over the wide wheels flattens the tyre out giving less spike profile to the side and therefore less chance of grip roll on new tyres ?