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Re: And the Wheel Goes 'Round and 'Round

Does anyone know any really quick fixes to traction? We have the 8" skyway wheels and unfortunately put them in the back, so when we hold a tetra alot of weight is taken off the wheels. We ziptied velcro strips to the wheels but they wore out quick. We also cut grooves, which helped. What kind of easily attainable substance could we ziptie on?
If you have any good tractiony stuff on hand, that would be sweet if you dropped by team 1093 at VCU tomorrow morning.

P.S. we also heard that coating them in wd-40 makes them sticky when they dry, anyone tried this?
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