Chicken strips

[bert_is_evil]

kill two birds with one stone, put the bike in gear on a paddock stand and use your knee sliders to sand the strips off - presto! while it's going you might as well clean your chain too (don't worry, real bikers don't have chicken strips, virgin sliders or thumbs)

[Latte]

kill two birds with one stone, put the bike in gear on a paddock stand and use your knee sliders to sand the strips off - presto! while it's going you might as well clean your chain too (don't worry, real bikers don't have chicken strips, virgin sliders or thumbs)

Can I get the bike shop to do it for me? I'm not very mechanically minded.

[R-Soul]

Good article; bit of wtf with the second comment down on that page though
Isn't that whats sposed to happen, lean off the bike to preserve ground clearance to the solid bits, and keep bike upright as possible to ensure good suspension action?

Removing chicken strips and grinding the pegs are easier to do with poor technique than proper technique, so who's really the novice here?

hehe exactly!!

[bert_is_evil]

Can I get the bike shop to do it for me? I'm not very mechanically minded.

pish, I wouldn't listen those bike shop people, they are bound to tell you chicken strips don't matter, your worth as a human being is not directly proportional to the wear on your knee sliders and other such claptrap. I can't stay to chat unfortunately, I'm off to armour-all my seat.

[The Stranger:Me]

pish, I wouldn't listen those bike shop people, they are bound to tell you chicken strips don't matter, your worth as a human being is not directly proportional to the wear on your knee sliders and other such claptrap. I can't stay to chat unfortunately, I'm off to armour-all my seat.

and look on trademe for used knee sliders.

[Will]

Originally Posted by EJK
Nah, use tyre shine. It's fookin mint.

Ha,ha EJK you evil bastard. putput don't do this or you may see your arse. Follow Caseye's advice.
Keep your tyre pressures correct and just enjoy the ride, then all will be well.

Did you not notice that EJK doesn't have a bike.

I just assumed that he had put tyre shine on his own bike

[doc]

you paid for the whole tyre, might as well use the whole tyre.

Sort of like this you mean ?

[crazyhorse]

File them - might be the only way you can get them off.............

[Coldrider]

File them - might be the only way you can get them off.............

lend him your nail file

[crazyhorse]

lend him your nail file

hmmmmm! now that would be a good idea, except I bite my nails (damm, did I really tell the whole of KB that!) But, yeah, good idea

[Metastable]

I'd concentrate on riding properly, including proper body positioning. Check out the Keith Code Twist of the Wrist II books or videos. Also, as was mentioned earlier, the suspension on a Comet isn't so great. I really don't know much about the tires it comes with, but I will tell you this. I have seem someone with BRAND NEW tires go out on a track with no tire warmers in 5C temperatures and within a few laps was going knee down all over the place. The chicken strip per say shouldn't make you worry..... so no need to file it off. Cornering correctly and having the suspension adjusted (if possible) is probably the better first steps. If the suspension is all wrong, there is only so much a good tire can do.

[howdamnhard]

Did you not notice that EJK doesn't have a bike.

I just assumed that he had put tyre shine on his own bike

He,he ye ask him how he got his knee down , elbow down , etc ,etc.

[LBD]

Files or sand paper work fine, but if you want to scrub your tires in the correct way you need a combination of abrasion and friction induced heat to correctly get the surface area to be treated up to the correct temp equivelent of 1/4 hour riding on a warm bitumen surface.

For me, the best solution I have found todate, is to set the wheel off the ground using a paddock stand (or center stand) and use a rotary wire brush on an angle grinder. Pressed against the tyre in the correct position will start the tyre turning and with a little practice the finished pattern will be even around the tire.

The best way to judge it the correct amount of heat has been generated is by feeling the tyre with a dry finger. If done correctly the surface will feel tacky.

[The Stranger:Me]

Files or sand paper work fine, but if you want to scrub your tires in the correct way you need a combination of abrasion and friction induced heat to correctly get the surface area to be treated up to the correct temp equivelent of 1/4 hour riding on a warm bitumen surface.

For me, the best solution I have found todate, is to set the wheel off the ground using a paddock stand (or center stand) and use a rotary wire brush on an angle grinder. Pressed against the tyre in the correct position will start the tyre turning and with a little practice the finished pattern will be even around the tire.

The best way to judge it the correct amount of heat has been generated is by feeling the tyre with a dry finger. If done correctly the surface will feel tacky.

Please tell me this is a piss take. Please.
JUST RIDE THE FUCKEN THING!

[nosebleed]

Files or sand paper work fine, but if you want to scrub your tires in the correct way you need a combination of abrasion and friction induced heat to correctly get the surface area to be treated up to the correct temp equivelent of 1/4 hour riding on a warm bitumen surface.

For me, the best solution I have found todate, is to set the wheel off the ground using a paddock stand (or center stand) and use a rotary wire brush on an angle grinder. Pressed against the tyre in the correct position will start the tyre turning and with a little practice the finished pattern will be even around the tire.

The best way to judge it the correct amount of heat has been generated is by feeling the tyre with a dry finger. If done correctly the surface will feel tacky.

Please tell me this is a piss take. Please.
JUST RIDE THE FUCKEN THING!

Fuck. Spent all day yesterday working on this. Don't tell me now it was a piss-take.
Still waiting for p.dath to offer up the formula for getting the angles right.