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Re: Rubber(?) tubing used as wheel/roller traction material

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Originally Posted by jwfoss View Post
Additionally teams have had success with Gum Rubber tubing from McMaster.
Do you happen to know how grippy and how wear resistant gum rubber is compared to polyurethane? Everything I have found indicates that poly is a bit more wear resistant but I'm not familiar enough with either to guess how well it would hold up during competition.