Tyre compounds and colours

[Elliott Hopkins]

Really quick question.

Softest to hardest what are the colours of the Ballistic and Schumacher off road tyres (particularly the minispikes)?

Ta.

Elliott.

[Body Paint]

BB:

SOFT
purple
pink
green
blue
HARD

Schu:

SOFT
pink
green
yellow
blue
HARD

[Stu]

A further question on the Shumacher tyres,

Yellow & Blue are the same 'type' of rubber, yellow being a softer compound.

Green is a different 'type' of rubber.

I was told this about 10 years ago and have never had a reason to doubt it, is it correct?

[Oscar]

AFAIK yes. Do the sniff test if you like Stu, yellows and blues smell of rubber, greens smell nothing similar. (er.... so i been told yer honour:))

[jim76]

yellows are quite a firm feeling rubber like sch blues, and they rebound to shape. sch greens are a weird soft rubber that squishes and doesn't rebound to shape very well. greens actually feel softer to manipulate but the compound is harder than yellows.

[Elliott Hopkins]

Thanks for the quick answers.

Elliott.

[Rob]

So what is recomended for astro in damp and wet conditions. I know Sch Yellow for dry not sure about damp and wet?

[Nick Goodall]

Wet/Damp astro usaully requires Green BB's or Green Schumacher Mini's - BUT BB Pinks have also been found to work, but being that bit softer have a tendancy to wear out quicker.

Thanks,

[johnnygibbon]

i have been told blue schus work well in the wet. is it worth me gluing up a set . or should i just stick with yellows. or even buy a set of bb greens.
aint this tyre choice thing confusing sometimes:)

[Richard Lowe]

Easiest thing is to have Schuey yellows and BB green's in your box, the BB's generally work everywhere when it's damp/wet(/moist :p) and yellows in the dry - simples :)

[Oscar]

If you have a set of blues lying around, they do work well on wet grass tracks, astro is a different matter;)