Whatever happened to Micro-Spikes!???

[markwilliamson2001]

See Subject title - In Blue compound they were ace - used to last a whole indoor season on carpet, and gripped amazingly well...

I guess they were superseded (?) by the minipin.

M.

[Nick Goodall]

I still had some up until recently, but in Yellow!

Think the last rate would probably be shocking these days though mate, due to the amount of Power the cars have - the Spikes on the Micro's were so tiny i think they'd just get ripped off now really - Minipins are small but not as bad as the Micro's lol

[Chris Doughty]

were they the ones with the funny inner sidewall?

they would proberbly rub on most cars shocks too?

they were the bomb around Donisthorpes Astro track!

[DCM]

I got new ones in the shed, they are hard enough to rip your skin off!!!!

The Micro Pin had a smaller inner sidewal to the outer to help the diff effect in cornering.

[ben]

What were the micro spikes like on slippy floor. I guess they are way before my time

lil ben

[Chrislong]

They were ace at the time, but the overall profile was huge compared to todays Minipins.

I think when i used them, it was all carpet indoor tracks we raced on and at those they rocked, but on slippy floor the blue compound would grip like a pig on rollerskates - so on todays track they may not be as good. Not only that but we'd tare the spikes off.

Anyone remember the Kyosho/Hotlap pins, think the spikes went like this I-I-I-I, they gripped like chewing gum to hair, but wore out fast.

Chris