Schumacher tire compound?

[vanair]

i live in the states and noone uses the schumacher tires here. i am wanting to try them. what is the softest compound? the next and the next? thanks

[MattW]

It's not 100% to say which is softest/hardest, as there are essentially 2 diffrent types of rubber mix. Not all tyres are available in all compounds either.

I would say the order is (from soft) Silver, Green, Yellow, Blue.

Silver and Green are similar rubber types, Yellow and Blue are similar.

Hope this makes some kind of sense.

Edit: Looks like the Silver compound is no longer made.

[modelimages]

this reminds me, a couple of years ago my schumacher rep brought a large box of random tyres for me, they included some full spikes in blue and other compounds kev lee rifled through them nicking useful ones and seperating the ones that didn't work on any planet earth track, i chucked the box to the back of the storage shed and promptly forgot about them. 2 years later in preparation for the move to the new shop i found them again, i will go through and list them on here if anybody is interested, be warned some of the tyres are quite bizarre in spike pattern and compound.
john

[PaulRotheram]

vintage tyres! i'm sure some of the vintage racers will be interested :)

[KevLee]

this reminds me, a couple of years ago my schumacher rep brought a large box of random tyres for me, they included some full spikes in blue and other compounds kev lee rifled through them nicking useful ones and seperating the ones that didn't work on any planet earth track, i chucked the box to the back of the storage shed and promptly forgot about them. 2 years later in preparation for the move to the new shop i found them again, i will go through and list them on here if anybody is interested, be warned some of the tyres are quite bizarre in spike pattern and compound.
john

I remember that. I found some schumacher yellow full spikes that i still intend on using one day.....

Also Bibex mini spikes, which are a really soft compound similar to proline rubber. I've never used those either...

[modelimages]

ok i had a look and these are the schumacher numbers, they are in the old schumacher headers so no description as to what they are.
U6519,U6523,U6524,U6529,U6549,U6595,U6596,U6644,U6 645,U6647,U6664,U6665,U6667 and also a T689, there are also some truck tyres U6508,U6502,U6542,U6525 and U6650.
john