I am very surprised to see so many complaints with the HiGrip wheels. Team 3958 really loved using them this year. We had them in a 4wd with a wide (32x24) robot. Turning was very easy because of our short wheel base, and our robot was really good at pushing and resisting getting pushed.
The first half of this video is a good example.
We can't really speak for durability. We had absolutely no driver practice during the build season, and we missed half of our matches during our first of two competitions. We also did not make it into eliminations for our first competition. And because we were a floor pickup robot, we were not subject to lots of crossing the field at full speed. So we were not putting the wear on our wheels that most teams were.
I am all for high school sports, but as Dean continually preaches, we sometimes are not putting enough emphases in the right places. - Bill Beatty [more] 
22-05-2013, 18:45
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