R-compound tire care

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Arthur Grant
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R-compound tire care

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At yesterday's race I noticed a couple of people using what looked like curry combs on there R-comps to scrap of road scum. Was wondering if anyone can tell me more about this, if in fact it is a curry comb but tooth pattern, coat density is best?
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Michael Smith
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Yes the steel spiral curry combs. I'm not sure how many rings are used depending on slick type. Dot vs. race.
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I bought one from Steve Coe of C2 Racers when I was running in AS.
I can bring mine for you to try out or you can check the c2racers.com website and get one for yourself. Lots of other interesting stuff too.
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My daugther has horse, was thinking I would snag one of her old ones.
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BTW, the correct term is OPR. Other People's Rubber.
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Rick Brown wrote:BTW, the correct term is OPR. Other People's Rubber.
What about the rocks, paper and cone fragments. :D
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Arthur Grant wrote:
Rick Brown wrote:BTW, the correct term is OPR. Other People's Rubber.
What about the rocks, paper and cone fragments. :D
That's FPR. Fragments Paper Rock which can combine with OPR to create OPRWFPR. Very technical acronym. :lol:
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