July 19, 200422 yr Anyone have one of those electric heated knife thingys to groove / cut tires with? Care to lend it out? Or cut up a tire for me? Or know who would? Thanks
July 19, 200422 yr I saw a home-made one once. Looked a lot like a soldering iron with a tip that had a 90 degree angle in it for shaving the leading edge of knobs. The guys that I used to see grooving their own tires were the hotshoe guys. You might want to find some of them. Ask Stoodley...he messes with all kinds of wacky stuff!
July 19, 200422 yr Keep in mind, it's against the rules to cut/sype em, not much point practicing with them then getting excluded.
July 20, 200422 yr Author Weeeelllllll,,,,, New rule on me, but whatever, I am positive that neither STRA nor TI would exclude Dean for riding on a modified Cheng Shin Tire. The thought was that if I cut a 1/4" or so groove through the middle of each knob, it would effectively double the number of knobs and give me some flex room between them for better cleaning action. I think it would be closer to the Monty type bicycle trials tire, lots of little knobs.
July 20, 200422 yr Author Well, on a tip from Charlie, that made me think of Curt, that pointed me in the direction of the Dirt track stock car guys, that happen to have one of the large distributors here in town. Sooooooo,,,, A quick call to them, brand new one $60 with an assortment of knives / blades.... Plenty in stock, just waiting to be added to the tool junky's collection.
July 20, 200422 yr Yup...them roundy-round guys is always slicin' up their tires. Good luck with the Cheng Shin...we used to call them something different by changing the last letter to one very close to 's' and 'u'.
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