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Re: pic: HiGrips after two events

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Originally Posted by marandola316 View Post
We are planning to swap out the higrips for custom wheels with blue nitrile. Just curious, why does it cost so much per wheel? We got our roughtop from Mcmaster at $1.60 a foot
We run 2" Wide 3.7" (metal face) diameter wheels.

Once you account for some waste when cutting, and one or two treads scrapped per batch of 20-30, it's a tad over $5 a wheel for us.

We have a father that is very meticulous cutting them. We could do a slightly more efficient cut and save maybe 20%, but the results he gets are worth it to us.
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