Comments on: Wide Rear Tire Trend Fading Fast

By: your all poor and jealous

your all poor and jealous — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:25:16 +0000

the 360 is here to stay, as well as those skinny wimpy bikes. Why can’t there be a place for all appearances. We all don’t have to like Britney spears. Besides I have a feeling most you chislers can’t afford a 360 bike. Mine was $25k and it rides smooth with air ride and turns just fine. Sure it’s not a sport bike, but every a-hole can buy and afford one of those. My bike is big, loud and the paint is downright evil. Take your nobby tires and your cheap old time bikes. Nothing compares to a 360 bike built right. I never worry about swerving out of the way anymore than the next guy on a bike. I think you guys just couldn’t afford these big bikes, that’s all. Most can’t, especially with wives wearing the pants.

By: Diesel

Diesel — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 06:25:17 +0000

I have noticed that there is a new movement in choppers to use dirt tires(knobbies). What are your guys thought s on that?

By: 360Scott360

360Scott360 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:18:36 +0000

Thanks to Curt for the comment on counter steering through the turn. I will keep that in mind on ‘test day’. I can’t help but feel this deserves an attempt at least, and I think it might be good to have a bike that wants to stay straight, at least somewhat, as opposed to a bike that wants to turn further into a turn. We will see soon. Physics aside, I feel the astethics is in the eye of the beholder, the physics will prove itself in testing to be sure. The is never any reason to do something different, other than to try it. Innovation comes from pushing back at standards and looking in different directions even when others do not see things your way. I will stand up and say that a pair of wide tires don’t work ….. but not until I give it a good attempt or two.

By: Joe Mielke

Joe Mielke — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:51:50 +0000

Live life around 180-190mm and you can’t go wrong. There’s a reason for it, reasons in both aesthetics and physics. We have done bikes with wider tires, we have not touched a tire over 300. There is just no good reason to run anything over a 200. Unless your working on a bike where buoyancy is a necessity. For the most part we like the 180 as a rule.

Peace

By: curt winter

curt winter — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:37:04 +0000

360, you would still have a balance issue. The bikes weight would shift to the outside of the turn and would make the bike want to stand up, you would have to counter steer through the entire turn. The bike would give you the sensation of always wanting to go straight.