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Originally Posted by JClark
Sorry dude, no brake pads, but I do have a clutch disc with 25% life left! Save big time on maintenance!!!
Another Cavi-Mike-ism has begun. You do not understand how tires work or are made. The first 40-50% of a tire's compound is where the silica-based good stuff is that actually grips the road. As the compound gets deeper, is get dramatically harder until at its lowest point it is only there to hold the structure of the tire together. There is a difference. Paying ANYTHING for tires w/ less than 50% tread is stupid.
Tread is there to move water away from the tread blocks so you have grip in the rain. The less tread, the less water you can drive through while still maintaining grip.
They also do NOT handle better when worn, for this reason. You are thinking of a competition DOT racing tire where the compound is uniform throughout and racers often get them shaved for dry use. For this, the only advantage to less tread is that the tread blocks cannot squirm as much. They dont handle better, just feel better under heavy braking.
Again,  with the arrogant ignorance on internet forums. |
this is the internet. everybody knows all behind a computer screen.
<---really don't know why i just looked down and laughed.