Tb3
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lol actually this is a serious question I've wondered about many times, just never looked into it. I figure everything that can be asked on the internet has been asked many times over but perhaps not this one?
My driveway is concrete but only for about 20 feet out from the garage. The rest of the way out to the road it is gravel for about 200 feet.
So when I pull out the garage for the first ride of the day and my tires are cold, gravel unfortunately sticks to them almost seems like glue, throwing them up into my fenders, under cowl, radiator, etc, making me cringe and cuss as I am one of those that don't want my baby scratched if I can help it I now always just ride over into the grass till I get to the road to minimize it.
Fast forward to when I get back....the tires are good and warm (or usually pretty hot), and I pull into the gravel drive and the little gravel rocks don't stick at all.
How come? We always read about not pushing the tires hard until they've warmed up right? Isn't that because when their hotter, they're stickier? Seems like it should be the opposite result.
Why does this happen?
My driveway is concrete but only for about 20 feet out from the garage. The rest of the way out to the road it is gravel for about 200 feet.
So when I pull out the garage for the first ride of the day and my tires are cold, gravel unfortunately sticks to them almost seems like glue, throwing them up into my fenders, under cowl, radiator, etc, making me cringe and cuss as I am one of those that don't want my baby scratched if I can help it I now always just ride over into the grass till I get to the road to minimize it.
Fast forward to when I get back....the tires are good and warm (or usually pretty hot), and I pull into the gravel drive and the little gravel rocks don't stick at all.
How come? We always read about not pushing the tires hard until they've warmed up right? Isn't that because when their hotter, they're stickier? Seems like it should be the opposite result.
Why does this happen?