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Old 20-Oct-2004, 15:23
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Chris, re wet tyres

We need an option for all conditions - dry, wet/dry and wet.

Dry is usually obvious, it's a Super Corsa ar similar. Wet/dry is tricky - depending on the circumstances, you'll fall off in the damp on an SC. In the wet, you either need a good quality treaded road tyre and reduced lap times or you allow wets. Personally I'd allow wets, a set should last the year as long as the rider only uses them in the wet.

This year has been a nightmare for tyre choice. Often half the circuit has been wet and the other dry. At Donny at the weekend I went out with a wet front and dry rear and came in after two laps as four had fallen already and my rear was slipping all over the place and it was only a matter of time before I was next.

It does add a couple of hundred to the cost, but it allows for safer racing in all conditions.

Regs are taking shape nicely though, well done for listening and persisting with it.

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