Chicken Strips - How Much Tire is There?

[Springbok_Rider]

Hi,

Probably a stupid question, but I'm starting to get real comfortable on my bike and some of the routes around here in Norway. I've managed to get my chicken strips down to about 10mm on the back tire. When I push it a little farther and finally get to the edge, how much farther can I go? Is there some indication I should look out for?

Would prefer not to learn by experience and wash out into a guard rail at 150kph.

Antony.
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[Supermoto_Fan]

I too have about 5mm on my back tyre. I'm grounding out pegs as it is. I don't think it's possible to rid them completely on this bike with these types of tyres. Don't stress over chicken strips just focus on your ride.
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[SQL]

I ride a 125 I can deck the pegs both sides I have <3mm on the front and loads on the back.

hth

[Jonathan A]

On my bike I have 3mm on the right side and 6mm on the left. Think I must be a bit of a roundabout hero

[barrkel]

If your bike isn't particularly sporty - and a lot of entry-level bikes are street bikes in sport dress - rearsets are needed to use more of the tyre. But most rearsets aren't hinged, so there's little warning between touching pegs and lowsiding.

If you're touching the pegs off the ground, you're going slightly too far - not leaving allowances for undulations in the road surface or room to regain grip should you slip for a bit. Leaning off the bike more can let you corner with the same speed but less bike lean. And won't help with chicken strips.
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[Scythe]

Don't worry - they'll come off with experience and how willing you are at pushing it.
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[Doovy]

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[Pete.]

If you really have to scrub your tyres to the very edge for some strange reason, just let them down to a few PSI and go for a couple of laps of the block. Now you can brag about your cornering skillz without having to actually have them
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[metalangel]

[Springbok_Rider]

[P.addy]

I managed to get the R1 down to pretty much nothing on the rear and a few mm on each side at the front when I went to spain, think it is mainly down to the immense amount of corners.

Wouldn't be able to ride like that in this country, definitely try some track

[Musketeer]

I sometimes have no chicken strips at all after a fast ride but then after a weeks of touring 5mm ones mysteriously reappear.

I don't ride it like I stole it every time I ride it, so if you're a normal competent road rider you will always have some strips. Don't worry about it.
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[MarJay]

I don't think I've ever heard of anyone crashing by going off of the edge of the tyre... mostly it's lowsiding because of overloading the front, or highsiding because of losing the rear and then it gripping again.
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[G]

I'd say I've seen the rear lose traction and low side plenty of times. If the rider's not hanging off/not hanging off very well then part of the loss of traction may be related to the then reduced contact patch at high lean angles.

[Vincent]

Do people actually check they're rear tyre and measure the un-worn part?


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