Slippery new tires...its true

[ozigoo]

Yea been taking it reasonably easy through the hills today..think Ill heed the 100km warning...been doing the side to side swerving thing to get a nice scuff over as much tyre surface as I can before hammering it through the bends...Man these Angel GT's are amazing tyres ...Ill post some interesting pics over at my other 'wider tyres' thread.

[Cormanus]

ozigoo, if you haven’t, it’s worth reading the article Ferret linked to. The issue is not scuffing but temperature. Swerving may bring you undone.

[ozigoo]

Just read it..interesting...this guy says they needs to be 'scuffed in'...plus temp to heat up before fanging it..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP8nZ6-tXE

And this one seems logical...scuff gradually which is what Ive been doing with what I called the 'swerving' method

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_sw5D1bfJ0

Revzilla says theres no hard and fast way.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzFWOJMVTU

I'll do both...scuff...and heat...both make sense to me

[Houtman_imp]

Like Frank said : I do it my way !

[the Ferret]

I swerve too while breaking in tires, but not drastically,(not throwing it side to side), just a gentle swerve, ride for awhile, swerve, ride for awhile. Knock on wood have not had an issue with them sliding out.

Wonder what that Fortnine guy says lol

[Cormanus]

I went looking on the FortNine site yesterday to see what research he might have done on new tyres, but I couldn’t see anything. Might have to find a way to ask him so we can all have a chuckle.

[Pauley]

I ride pretty conservatively so I don't worry about taking it easy for the first 100 miles - I am already taking it easy! Having said that, when the Metzeler Z8s I have on now were <100 miles, I entered a hard left curve too fast. Had to apply more lean and scrapped the left peg feeler. No slipping, good traction, made it through the corner no problem. Sure made my heart speed up!

On clean dry pavement, I tend to think the 100 mile scrub in rule is more from bygone era. Modern radials are "good enough" right out of the box. Might rethink that if it was wet.

[Gone in 60]

Hey Cormanus, here's one: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K9U7W_U9gA&t=150s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K9U7W_U9gA&t=150s

[Cormanus]

I've only had a quick look, Gone in 60 and will get back to it later. He doesn't address the question of 'scrubbing in' new tyres. But the rest of it, as usual is really interesting, and well presented.

[ozigoo]

I well and truely threw it into the corners today on a long ride down the coast and back...Lots of fast, tight cornering and long high speed straights....they stuck like glue...must be worn in....loving these tyres...