Chicken strips

[The Stranger:Me]

What is more telling about riding styles than chicken strips is trad depths across the face of the tire. Measure several depths accross a new tire then again every 1000km or so. You may notice some uneven wear due to camber. I found I would take LH corners with much more confidence than Right handers, after that I put more effort into the RHer's

What side of the road do you ride on?
If you drive on the left then the right side will usually wear faster and vica versa.
This is partially because of camber, but also right bends are longer when you drive on the LHS side of the road therefore your tyre spends more time on the RHS.

[bogan]

Can the relative size of your chicken strips tell you anything about your riding style? Ie, I have around 1cm at the back, maybe a touch more, but no more than half a cm at the front.

nothing useful without a detailed analysis of your bike and tyres, and even then it doesn't distinguish between the squids and those who give 'the learn', far better to get someone who knows to follow you and critique.

What side of the road do you ride on?
If you drive on the left then the right side will usually wear faster and vica versa.
This is partially because of camber, but also right bends are longer when you drive on the LHS side of the road therefore your tyre spends more time on the RHS.

Also if you go predominantly east-west the one side will wear more cos it stops you falling off the bottom of the world, and vice versa

[LBD]

Left and I was wearing the left (of camber side) more than the right....now I am more confident on Right handers than I used to be before that realization dawned.

What side of the road do you ride on?
If you drive on the left then the right side will usually wear faster and vica versa.
This is partially because of camber, but also right bends are longer when you drive on the LHS side of the road therefore your tyre spends more time on the RHS.

[george formby]

Can the relative size of your chicken strips tell you anything about your riding style? Ie, I have around 1cm at the back, maybe a touch more, but no more than half a cm at the front.

I would be very uncomfortable with that. It should be the other way round. When the front goe's it does'nt come back. Get your tyre's checked.

[varminter]

They have chicken strips down at our local Macdonalds... with fries.

[miloking]

I would be very uncomfortable with that. It should be the other way round. When the front goe's it does'nt come back. Get your tyre's checked.

His tyres are fine dude, dont scare him with such a statements for nothing.
Different profiles tyre will have different size chicken strips....front will always have bit less "strip" relative to rear tyre. (i can show you picures of what my new tyres look like before track day and rear has about 1 cm while front has barely any "chicken strip")

[Dare]

His tyres are fine dude, dont scare him with such a statements for nothing.
Different profiles tyre will have different size chicken strips....front will always have bit less "strip" relative to rear tyre. (i can show you picures of what my new tyres look like before track day and rear has about 1 cm while front has barely any "chicken strip")

That's weird... I went for a good blat today and when I got back I had no chicken strips on the back (traces on the right hand side) but the front has a solid 0.5-1cm on both sides and even some injection thingies left on it...
First time for me but if I had to guess I'd say its the tyres AND the bike AND the riding style...

[blackdog]

ye i like mine crusted in the colonels secret, and a squirt of sweet thai chilli

(note: avoided breast references)

[miloking]

That's weird... I went for a good blat today and when I got back I had no chicken strips on the back (traces on the right hand side) but the front has a solid 0.5-1cm on both sides and even some injection thingies left on it...
First time for me but if I had to guess I'd say its the tyres AND the bike AND the riding style...

Yes but rear strip is always thicker to start with when compared to front on new tyres, you agree with that right?

But after track day or some mad cornering rear is usualy scraped to the edge while front has about 5mm left (and even some injection thingies) ....because front and rear have different profile, so when you lean over they wear differently.

that doesnt mean his tyres are "broken" and he needs some "expert" to check them out tho that was my point....

[JimO]

back in the 70s we didnt have chicken strips because even 1000cc bikes had bicycle tyres