How to Shave your Trials Tire?

So Muzzle, did you shaved it completely?


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Emile.m wrote:
So Muzzle, did you shaved it completely?



I have shaved it a bit more since posting that, but I left the tread in
the middle as that will go on its own. The side tread is now shorter
again.
Bench grinder is awesome for this job!


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muzzle what kind of tire is that in the pic?

Isaac

Edit: if I read correctly its a Monty Eagle Claw?


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isaac steiner wrote:
muzzle what kind of tire is that in the pic?

Isaac

Edit: if I read correctly its a Monty Eagle Claw?



Monty 2.7, I think the Eagle Claw is a 2.6.
As far as I can tell, Monty no longer stocks (sells) the 2.7, although
I could be wrong.


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Can you buy any other 19" tyres that aren't all nobbly and trials
designed? I would have thought that a unicycle company might have
designed a street specific tyre that follows along the lines of some of
the current BMX tyres. I really like the Primo Wall tyres for my BMX, so
something similar would be nice in a 19" x 2.5".

Something like this:

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http://www.global-flat.com/upload/pa...ll%5B1%5D.jpg]


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Correct me if I"m wrong, but 19" wheels are designed to fit the same
crown height as a 20." So if you want a smooth tire, why not get a uni
with a strong 20" rim and save yourself the trouble of shaving?
Hookworms come in 2.5... that's not really much for volume loss.


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madmattunipro;1143639 wrote:
Correct me if I"m wrong, but 19" wheels are designed to fit the same
crown height as a 20." So if you want a smooth tire, why not get a uni
with a strong 20" rim and save yourself the trouble of shaving?
Hookworms come in 2.5... that's not really much for volume loss.



The 20" hookworms only go up to 2.125. Also 19" wheels tend to fit a
bit taller than 20" tires.

Plus 19" tires are designed to be run at a low pressure, whereas 20"
tires are not and tend to fold and stuff at lower pressures.


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madmattunipro;1143639 wrote:
Correct me if I"m wrong, but 19" wheels are designed to fit the same
crown height as a 20." So if you want a smooth tire, why not get a uni
with a strong 20" rim and save yourself the trouble of shaving?
Hookworms come in 2.5... that's not really much for volume loss.



Some people have done this, but it obviously requires buying a new rim
and spokes and rebuilding the wheel. There was a thread in which we
tossed around ideas for the new KH uni (before the 09 model came out)
with Kris, and he mentioned that he was interested in looking into
making his own 19" bmx tread tyre for street riding. I'm not sure
whether this idea is still in the pipeline or not going to happen, but
it sounded pretty cool.


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uni_mattster;1143754 wrote:
Some people have done this, but it obviously requires buying a new rim
and spokes and rebuilding the wheel. There was a thread in which we
tossed around ideas for the new KH uni (before the 09 model came out)
with Kris, and he mentioned that he was interested in looking into
making his own 19" bmx tread tyre for street riding. I'm not sure
whether this idea is still in the pipeline or not going to happen, but
it sounded pretty cool.



I don't know where you are getting this info from because I just dug
through 15 pages of search results, found the thread you were talking
about and two others that were similar and in none of them was there
mention of Kris designing a new tire.


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Haha.

I think if you plan on riding a 20" 'bmx' uni for street, you should
plan to get used to a harder tire pressure and kind of ditch the
forgiving squishyness of a trials tire. There are some pretty wide 20"
tires out there, but if you are wanting a tire around a 2.5' size, I
think it will be easier and better to just run a trials tire with a bit
higher pressure than normal.

Shaving takes patience. taking the nubs off is a lot easier when using
a wet or lubed blade. Those electric turkey knifes cut through the nubs
like... turkey...

Or just ride it tell its bald. =p


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