Oliver gu Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 How come it's taken two pages and nobody has suggested going out and doing mad skids for an hour? It'd be far more fun and would result in a smoother finish.eeerrrrrmmmmmmmm.................... no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broggers Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Iv just been filing my old creepycrawler trying to make it a slick but i realised its not working. Does anyone have any better ways to do it. Thanks.Maybe a aluminium milling blade in a clutched angle grinder like a matabo. Seems to cut 50mm thick boat/ship rubber fender with ease.Im sure it will do a tyre in seconds and there will be next to no smoke, if any at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamtrials Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 eeerrrrrmmmmmmmm.................... noThere's no errrm no about it, it'd work, and it'd work well. Some of the side knobs may be left, but hey, it's a stupid concept as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamant jamesie Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 sand paper and wire cutters thts how i done mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 eeerrrrrmmmmmmmm.................... noUrm................................... yea brand new £33 24" high roller on the 24tour, only a back brake.... lots of skids to stop crashing and for fun - 11 days later.... slick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben John-Hynes Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Steak knife. I did it with a stanley and it took ages, then used a normal steak knife and it took about 15 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 Pussys with your gay stanley knives.Angle grinder + sanding disk = (check the tyre, one slick side) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe O'Connor Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 What is the overall point in doing this?Even if you dont ride on anything other than dry concrete, Having tread on your tire is going to benifit you way more than slick.If you want to do drifting on your bike then a slik would be good, but Im failing to find the practicality of doing such a thing.WHY?P.S If its for "Saving weight", then I dont think that the few grams you lose is going to do anything spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdmackay Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 What is the overall point in doing this?Even if you dont ride on anything other than dry concrete, Having tread on your tire is going to benifit you way more than slick.If you want to do drifting on your bike then a slik would be good, but Im failing to find the practicality of doing such a thing.WHY?P.S If its for "Saving weight", then I dont think that the few grams you lose is going to do anything spectacular.for that post my friend... I just validated you. Pussys with your gay stanley knives.Angle grinder + sanding disk = (check the tyre, one slick side)I just watched your video.... There wasn't a single shot that you could see your tyres close up enough.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gage-mann Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 i got a set of of cc tires that i cut the tred of, there way lighter than normal new ones plus you get more bounce from them as slicks and better roll, for the weather no if you ride in the rain/wet no point but i am alright cause i only ride in dry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 i got a set of of cc tires that i cut the tred of, there way lighter than normal new ones plus you get more bounce from them as slicks and better roll, for the weather no if you ride in the rain/wet no point but i am alright cause i only ride in dryHow? It's the same tyre, so it's the same beading, casing, etc. so how is it any different? If you're after 'bounce', just drop a few psi out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gage-mann Posted September 5, 2009 Report Share Posted September 5, 2009 How? It's the same tyre, so it's the same beading, casing, etc. so how is it any different? If you're after 'bounce', just drop a few psi out.yea then dent your rim with ease and have it feeling worse than ever, you just have to try it, it's a really wierd thing but you just really got to try it to notice the differance between psi's and bounce shizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belga Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 How? It's the same tyre, so it's the same beading, casing, etc. so how is it any different? If you're after 'bounce', just drop a few psi out.I'm really new to riding trials but from what i remeber from my physics class back in school tread would make a tyre stiffer due to some parts of the surface beeing thicker and less able to stretch/compress then others and thus, making the tyre have less "bounce". But i can't imagine there beeing much difference, it's not like were talking tractor tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie55573 Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 just buy a try-all slick tyre there very grippy adn extremely light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james webster Posted September 7, 2009 Report Share Posted September 7, 2009 I have made 2 slicks for my 24 street bike. Had sum old hale sumthings and was bored. went and found my sanding plane that runs a stanly blade in it. set the blade to 2mm. poped the tire on the rear rim. pumped it up hard. terned the bike upside down. started to spin the wheel. pushing the blade on to the tread. after 5mins one almost slick tire. spin the tire around. pump it up agane and cut the rest of the tread off. one nice slick tire. no cuts in it. no rubber dust from a grinder to kill me. just a lot of mess to sweep up. hope the spellings ok in that lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLKitching Posted September 8, 2009 Report Share Posted September 8, 2009 I have just done mine and it has worked very well, have the tyre on your bike pumped up and get a grinder and slowly grind off the tread until it is smooth or you can cut all the nobles off and then smooth it out with a grinder. I do not know weather sand paper will work for smoothing the tyre down but if you want to try it have ago and tell me how it went. x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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