Shaved tires

I'm wondering what the pros and cons are of shaved tires and if you can
buy them or if you have to shave them yourself.


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Pros:

Very smooth feel
Great for flat and street


Cons:

Bad for trials
May wear-out faster

You will have to shave them yourself.


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shaved tires are pretty sick. I want to shave my tire.


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'Here's' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63745) a
thread on the subject. It may be of some use to you.

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biggestbtc;1165065 wrote:
'here's' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63745) a
thread on the subject. It may be of some use to you.

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Has anyone tried taking the tread from a 20" freestyle and gluing it to
the carcass of a 19" tire?

You won't have the weight savings of a regular shaved tire but it would
last much longer. When/if I get my uni with the shaved Luna back I might
try this.


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saskatchewanian;1165688 wrote:
Has anyone tried taking the tread from a 20" freestyle and gluing it to
the carcass of a 19" tire?

You won't have the weight savings of a regular shaved tire but it would
last much longer. When/if I get my uni with the shaved Luna back I might
try this.


Might have a mess about in a minute, I have 2 shaved 19" tyres, and a
20" KHE Premium Mac 2 that'd look cool on one.


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When I took the tread of a tire to put on my homemade tire casing I
discovered you can just peel the rubber from the casing once you are
started.

I started trying to skin it like you would when filleting a fish but
peeling worked way better.


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I figured that before I get into it, I'd try to fit the 20" KHE tyre
over the shaved CC. It looks like the CC is a slightly larger OD than
the KHE, the CC is tight inside the KHE yet the CC overlaps itself by an
inch or two. The KHE Mac2 is about 20x2.2", I don't think there are any
larger freestyle tyres about. I don't know if any other 19" tyres have a
slightly smaller OD than than CC does, if any do then they could be
worth a try.


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so do you think it would be a good thing to shave my tire once it gets
pretty worn out?


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