Hello, can somone please tell me why people run skinnies. Is it just a weight reduction thing or is it an aerodynamic advantage? Thanks

 

Rolling resistance. There is a much smaller contact patch with a skinny.

Weight also plays into this...

 

you can get a weight savings of about 40-50lbs, compared to using regular road wheels with regular tires.

 

To confuse V8 guys at the track ..

 

They are confused enough with the slicks on the front.

 

LOL!!! That is true, "Hey Buddy, your big tires are on the wrong end, and they are flat."

If I could have my entry way paid everytime I heard this I would never pay for a test n tune night, haha.

 

I love that.
Down here its horrible.
"Hey man whats wrong with your car"
Its great.

 

you know i get that **** a lot to, it gets annoying. just use some common sense, surely they have some to be able to build a race car in general. lol.

 

well in some cases those guys have more money than sense.....

 

i'm not so sure i am a big fan of skinnies.

I run 14inch HX wheels with 175 width tires.
They are only 8.3lbs heavier a piece than the bogart skinnies i borrowed for a few races this year.

My car never went faster with the skinnies.

Maybe with a car that goes a lot faster they come into play. However Joe Simpson seems to still be hauling *** with his street tires in the rear. . .

 

and then you have the "why the hell does that fwd have wheelie bars?" comments.

 

there is plenty of difference with sprung and unsprung weight jake. some dont realize how much advantages weight can make when putting it where you want it then having it stuck in rotating mass.

exospeed drag wheels has a great weight per dollar on there setup, better then most wheels on the market.

 

And then there is this one: "He must be gonna run that thing in ree-verse!" lol

 

why do skinnies seen to cost more then front rims and slicks

 

and the "dude your front tires are flat" comments. i musta got that like 15 times when i was getting my lisc at cecil county.

purpose of skinnies originally, along with rolling resistance, is unspring weight. allows the car to react faster. idk how much of a benefit the unsprung arguement is, over just them being lighter. but thats just a thought i had.

 

The reason I run skinnies in the rear is so I have a place to put my et fronts

 

lol

 

ive driven on the streets with skinnies, but don't forget they are back there! the first curve that you forget them will make your butt pucker up.

 

because they have a non every day purpose. Its sick paying $$$ for something so dumb, so much more goes into a street tire...its confusing really

 

Tires for my Downhill mountain bike are more than azenis' lol

I think it's a mass production sort of cost, along with being able to charge that because they rest of the companies do.

I run skinnies because they look cool, and that's all that matters!

 

HAHA
The cool factor

 

We are going to raysmtb.com on Saturday....you have a DJ or FR bike? DH bike tires are mad expensive and weigh about the same as an ET skinny.

 

Oh man that's sick!! I wanna go! lol It's a DH/FR bike, I always did more DH stuff living so close to VT

 

Anytime you wanna go riding at Mount Snow, let me know Ryan. I use to race Canadian DH circuit and Norba's!

 

Back to the topic.... Skinnies... I know plenty of people that run the same times with or without skinnies. Most people that have them got them for the "cool" factor.