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mustbemad
10-07-2004, 11:03 AM
mustbemad hear again , where can i get an average square tyre for my trike from ,mustbemad
Yoda
10-07-2004, 11:45 AM
i have just had a search and found these
http://www.michelin.co.uk/uk/front/affich.jsp?codeRubrique=67&codePage=24&lang=EN
i think this is what thge guy in the bike shop was on about

HTH
Yoda
Pennywise
10-07-2004, 04:15 PM
I've been out of the loop for so long......are tyres not supposed to be round?
Mad Dog
10-07-2004, 05:49 PM
Depending on where you are. Here in the South we get "Sidecar" tyres for the front of trikes so that you get a squarer and bigger footprint on the road.

It really helps with the steering "flop" that a few seem to suffer from. Apparently.
I wouldn't know, I don't ride one.
Mad Dog
10-07-2004, 05:49 PM
Meant to say we get them from Watling Tyres.
Pennywise
10-07-2004, 06:00 PM
I'm right....i knew i was..i looked on ebay...and tyres are still round

http://i7.ebayimg.com/01/i/02/17/c2/c5_1_b.JPG
Yoda
10-07-2004, 08:54 PM
Depending on where you are. Here in the South we get "Sidecar" tyres for the front of trikes so that you get a squarer and bigger footprint on the road.

It really helps with the steering "flop" that a few seem to suffer from. Apparently.
I wouldn't know, I don't ride one.

Yep thats the ones, that is what they recommended for trikes that suffer wobble

Yoda
Pennywise
10-07-2004, 10:08 PM
you lot had a humor bypass?
guydewdney
10-07-2004, 10:20 PM
no - but on a side note -i once phoned up BAE systems and asked to speak to the head of tyres / wheels. I then asked him why plane tyres are round (like bike tyres) not square (like car tyres)

from work.
free phone.
i worked designing plane bits anyway...
im a sad engineer
Yoda
10-07-2004, 10:33 PM
you lot had a humor bypass?
No
Although i did google for a piccy of a square tyre...but failed
so i couldnt think of anything else witty.... :confused: or even crap for that matter...total cerebral shutdown has occured

Yoda
dracken1
11-07-2004, 10:52 AM
i have a customers cx500 trike in for work
that has an
"avon sidecar triple duty mk2"
tyre fitted to the front and that is a square profile
Simon
11-07-2004, 08:49 PM
Metzler also do a square profile tyre, which is much better on the front IMHO. Its much softer so stickier. By the way its called the Block K. They do another called the Block C, but I've never used one.
Alik Windrush
12-07-2004, 12:25 AM
i have a customers cx500 trike in for work
that has an
"avon sidecar triple duty mk2"
tyre fitted to the front and that is a square profile
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that the Triple Duty Tyre is only available in 19". Great tyres though
guydewdney
12-07-2004, 08:17 AM
Sidecar Triple Duty
Sidecar Triple Duty Universal. Its full name is a bit of a mouthful and although especially suited to the front wheel it can be used in any position on a sidecar outfit. It looks the business and does the business, simple as that.

Size ServiceDesc Rec Rim Rim

350-19 TT 57 L MT2.15 (WM3) 1.85 (WM2)

http://www.avonmotorcycle.com/us/en/Product.asp?ProdType=Classic&SubCat=29

cos i didnt believe it was only availible in 19 - but u r right :D
dracken1
12-07-2004, 09:21 AM
Correct me if I'm wrong but I think that the Triple Duty Tyre is only available in 19". Great tyres though

yes this particular trike started life as a cx500c
they were fitted with a 19"

will check with cambrian tyres they just up the road from me
they supply most of the country with mc tyres

have checked
avon do a square profile in 18" but it is recomended as a rear fitment

bridgestone L303 3.50 x 18" is recomended as a sidecar tyre but is not really a square profile.

price is good though
mustbemad
12-07-2004, 07:42 PM
:D hi to everyone who has supplied me with information ,just wanted to say thank you you have been a big help ,still have quite a bit to do before the mot but no doubt i will be asking more questions.lol mustbemad :D
ratwing
12-07-2004, 08:05 PM
Apparently, they fit an Austin 7 which is why they're still made. Not many combos use them nowadays
Pennywise
12-07-2004, 08:44 PM
might be worth asking on the forum here to

www.trikesrus.co.uk
Nitrowing
12-07-2004, 10:33 PM
no - but on a side note -i once phoned up BAE systems and asked to speak to the head of tyres / wheels. I then asked him why plane tyres are round (like bike tyres) not square (like car tyres)

from work.
free phone.
i worked designing plane bits anyway...
im a sad engineer

I used to work on jets and never figured it out - did you get an answer?
guydewdney
13-07-2004, 08:16 AM
I used to work on jets and never figured it out - did you get an answer?


yes.... :p


basically its cos plane tyres are still cross ply tyres, and you cant make square tyres with cross ply.
Nitrowing
13-07-2004, 08:26 AM
yes.... :p

basically its cos plane tyres are still cross ply tyres, and you cant make square tyres with cross ply.

Umm, I thought you could only get cross-ply tyres for cars up until the 80's - I can remember Public Service announcements during TV adverts telling you not to mix cross-ply and radial tyres on your car :confused:
guydewdney
13-07-2004, 08:31 AM
Umm, I thought you could only get cross-ply tyres for cars up until the 80's - I can remember Public Service announcements during TV adverts telling you not to mix cross-ply and radial tyres on your car :confused:

true.. plane tyre technology is BEHIND bike / car tech. theres not the demand for grip / feel etc, just safety.