Re: tracks from tires

[Joe Sommer <anvilus9-at-adelphia.net>]

Mike,

At 04:33 AM 9/23/2004 -0500, Mike Butts <buttsakauf-at-earthlink.net> wrote:
>I can just see if some various woods I have laying around will stick to 
>bike tire rubber. That is about all the help I can offer. And by beads you 
>mean side walls or what? How wide of a track is normal... 4in?

Great.  Like I said - I hate sticky stuff.

Beads are lips on the inner edges of tire side
walls that seat into rims.  Most beads contain
hoops made of metal wire or thick cord molded
internally.  I slit my tires about 1/2 inch
outside the metal hoop in the bead to leave some
sidewall.  I used a Stanley knife with a new
carpet hook blade.  Be careful.

Track for small tanks may be as narrow as
2.5 inches while track for 1/6 Panthers, Tigers,
M1 Abrams, etc. may be up to 4.5 inches
wide.

You may become famous as the developer
of the Butts Bicycle Tire Track System (BBTTS).

Have fun,
Joe



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