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Re: Le Cont tyres??
Posted by 'SimonS' on 07 Jan 2011 @ 13:11

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I use Le Cont Tyres as a Formula Blue driver.

They exhibit reasonable longevity, in club racing it is not unusual to be within half a second of best times on tyres out for their 10th or more excursion (so 100 laps or so).

In the higher pressure environment of the national champs, there's an advantage usually in putting on new tyres. (and of course, once one person does it, everyone follows).

I have found that you can do extended practice on one set of tyres, that it may be the heat cycles rather than time on track that affects them.

A couple of years ago there was a debate whether the tyres were too sticky for the kart, rather cynically I suspected whether that wasn't more to do with another supplier looking for a different market than any real problem.

Some tracks report that a single race meeting wears the tyres to an unacceptable degree, they cannot even be used for practice.

They seem to be as consistent as any other tyre. There don't seem to be the same number of complaints about variable performance as there with some other tyres.

For formula blue all the tyres have to come through Tabor,using the LH1 rubber mix. I don't know whether the deal is exclusive or whether other sources are using grey imports.

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Le Cont tyres?? by 'EdMunns' (06 Jan 2011 @ 22:07)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'Les' (06 Jan 2011 @ 22:14)

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Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'John' (06 Jan 2011 @ 23:23)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'EdMunns' (06 Jan 2011 @ 23:44)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'BilandRacer' (07 Jan 2011 @ 8:26)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'pratty' (07 Jan 2011 @ 9:18)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'dynamax' (07 Jan 2011 @ 12:55)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'EdMunns' (07 Jan 2011 @ 15:46)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'SimonS' << You are here!

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'EdMunns' (07 Jan 2011 @ 15:47)

Re: Le Cont tyres?? by 'pratty' (07 Jan 2011 @ 16:02)

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