Gummy tires? Tire recommendations?

[fe501tired]

I know one of the brand mousse's has a bouncier feel to them than the traditional ones that had a dead feeling I saw it on Slavin's racing you tube vid .

 

[fe501tired]

I think it's nitro mousse by nuetech

 

[restarted]

Today I pulled the mousse out of an Varg EX rear wheel with the Michelin 140/80-18 Medium. Now the Michelin got a lot of volume, usually more than the Metzeler, the mousse has a cross section circumference of ~310mm and says "made in Austria" on it so I assume it is an X-Grip EH2 - seems too small to be an EH3.

Now if you look at the Nitro mousse sizing table Fitment Chart Search, the same 18-325 is shown both for the Metzler and Michelin that can be chosen stock for the Varg. Nevertheless for the JXE 140/80-18 the smaller 18-305 mousse is recommended. What does this mean? Most likely your mousse will be a tad too big for the JXE, but you can always cut out a piece and save for later when the mousse is worn. Will it be a perfect fit - no, but with mousse you never know until you try!

Michael

Would cutting it possibly affect wheel balance? Could I achieve the same effect with drilling holes in the mousse? I'd prefer to get at least another tire out of this mousse before tossing it

 

[drehwurm68]

Would cutting it possibly affect wheel balance? Could I achieve the same effect with drilling holes in the mousse? I'd prefer to get at least another tire out of this mousse before tossing it

IMO balance isn't a concern here with the knobby tires usually seriously imbalanced anyway and speeds low. And it is hard to exactly drill the holes. Cutting is easier and as I said you keep the part for later to get more life out of the mousse. Actually you can also save the drilled out bits and re-insert them later, but it is just way more of a hassle. Get the new Prolock 360 instead and be done with the mousse

Michael

 

[AnthonyZ]

Don't really use gummy tires per se. But here’s exactly how they work, Kenda Equilibrium

 

[restarted]

IMO balance isn't a concern here with the knobby tires usually seriously imbalanced anyway and speeds low. And it is hard to exactly drill the holes. Cutting is easier and as I said you keep the part for later to get more life out of the mousse. Actually you can also save the drilled out bits and re-insert them later, but it is just way more of a hassle. Get the new Prolock 360 instead and be done with the mousse

Michael

ProLock 360 isn't available until March but I am starting to warm up to the idea esp with a 5150 mousse. I don't like relying on air pressure