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Re: Favorite wheels

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Originally Posted by Chris is me View Post

Not all that often. Maybe once a season. Wedgetop wears much faster than roughtop. Our tread on AM wheels lasted until we drove the wheel on asphalt for several hours. Apparently that dings up the rivets enough to throw tread? Who'da thunk it.
Just to add to what Chris said, the tread wear varies noticeably depending on the tread compound. Natural Rubber wears the fastest, sometimes within one hard event, Nitrile Rubber wears a little slower, you can usually get at least two events out of the tread, and Blue Nitrile wears the slowest (As far as I know) usually, most teams can get an entire season out of these treads.
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