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Re: treads: useful or not?

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Originally Posted by Phoenix Spud View Post
I don't believe that treads are illegal at all. There are no rules this year that tell you you MUST use a certain type of wheels/way to get traction.
Legal yeah, and useful..no doubt, though you HAVE TO MAKE THEM RIGHT!! We have an engineer who showed us springloaded front wheel shaft and a back friction drive wheel, allows awsome manuverability.
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