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<blockquote data-quote="pokey" data-source="post: 1006013" data-attributes="member: 16075"><p>without trying to piss anyone off I will explain why radials are best. You can air a radial down to 10 psi. to get the same result in most bias ply tires you need to go down to 3- 4 psi to get the same effect. at this low presure you increase the risk of loosing a bead dramaticly. Radials ride better period and they also absorb impact acting as a shock absorber of sorts as they tend to wrap around objects. Radials last longer simply because they use flex instead of a softer compound to gain traction. Now Bias have a tougher sidewall which is important if you play on sharp rock or rub your tires on everything. The stiffer bias tire also allows taller tires size without loosing higth when airing down. The reason so many people still run bias is because of their width. When you put a 80-84" wide rig on trails built to fit 65-75" wide rigs your going to drag your sidewalls on every root , rock , stump and tree on the trail. Also its very common to use the sidewall of the tire to climb trees to get around obsticals:booo: Something a radial just wont tolerate. These are just my opinions and observations base on 30 odd years of wheeling. I switched to radials 15 years ago and would never go back unless I was building a comp rig (and we run bias on our race rig) Been on 33s for years and now going to 35s with the new build its not a DD but a jeep thats street legal but dedicated as a play rig.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pokey, post: 1006013, member: 16075"] without trying to piss anyone off I will explain why radials are best. You can air a radial down to 10 psi. to get the same result in most bias ply tires you need to go down to 3- 4 psi to get the same effect. at this low presure you increase the risk of loosing a bead dramaticly. Radials ride better period and they also absorb impact acting as a shock absorber of sorts as they tend to wrap around objects. Radials last longer simply because they use flex instead of a softer compound to gain traction. Now Bias have a tougher sidewall which is important if you play on sharp rock or rub your tires on everything. The stiffer bias tire also allows taller tires size without loosing higth when airing down. The reason so many people still run bias is because of their width. When you put a 80-84" wide rig on trails built to fit 65-75" wide rigs your going to drag your sidewalls on every root , rock , stump and tree on the trail. Also its very common to use the sidewall of the tire to climb trees to get around obsticals:booo: Something a radial just wont tolerate. These are just my opinions and observations base on 30 odd years of wheeling. I switched to radials 15 years ago and would never go back unless I was building a comp rig (and we run bias on our race rig) Been on 33s for years and now going to 35s with the new build its not a DD but a jeep thats street legal but dedicated as a play rig. [/QUOTE]
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