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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
In our experience the blue roughtop wears like a champ (under FRC applications, not cement). It easily last a season of competition before being completely worn. We generally replace it after 2 events just to make sure we're running the freshest of tread.
It cuts really nicely on a bandsaw, razor blades are not the right tool for the job. Table saws also do an excellent job.
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I'll second Adams statement. We used a band saw and a jig to cut our thread. After 5 events our comp bot with Blue Nitrile threads aren't showing signs of wear. We ran on carpet, 6 wheel drop, have 3.5 inch diameter x 2.0 inch wide wheels and run a fast drive train. We had great traction on the ramps. The trick was to not spin the wheels to hard. We easily pushed around any robot due to low COG, low bumpers, balanced weight distribution, and we had angles on our super structure panels above our bumpers.