Tire Temp, and Weaving

yup tire warmers so you are not going out on cold and a good hot lap.

You are not going to get your tires anywhere close to hot on the street compared to the track...or hold any heat.
 
But it's fun and makes me feel like I'm doing something.
 
Interesting, I weave sometimes and thought it might help a little, although I kind of already knew it wouldn't do much at all temp-wise. Wouldn't it still serve as a way to check traction on cold pavement (I'm thinking in March-April, or October-November) before committing fully in a corner?
 
conundrum said:
Wouldn't it still serve as a way to check traction on cold pavement (I'm thinking in March-April, or October-November) before committing fully in a corner?
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Nah. A little severing isn't going to load the tires up nearly as much as if you are pushing the limits of traction. Spring/fall your tires are cold and will remain cold, ride accordingly. Just like you do in the rain.
 
This article is specifically geared to racing and tire warmed tires. The article actually shows significant to nominal extra heating when weaving on non-preheated tires, so it actually shows the opposite to what the OP wants to convey. The difference is 7 degrees on the one entry. What the the table conveys is the colder the tire starts out the more that weaving helps it.

Working URL.
http://www.rcramer.com/shop/rrw_weaving.shtml
 
...from that table

Tire Warmers > Warmers and Weaving
Std. warm-up lap > Weaving 1.8 mile
Cold Tire = Straight line, slow = Weaving aggressively

From their data weaving did not much of anything or actually cooled down the tires vs. just using warmers.

Yes its geared to racing, but the track is where you actually get heat into tires.

Weaving a bit to scrub the crap off your tires is different then trying to get heat into them.
 
skip said:
...from that table

Tire Warmers > Warmers and Weaving
Std. warm-up lap > Weaving 1.8 mile
Cold Tire = Straight line, slow = Weaving aggressively

From their data weaving did not much of anything or actually cooled down the tires vs. just using warmers.

Yes its geared to racing, but the track is where you actually get heat into tires.

Weaving a bit to scrub the crap off your tires is different then trying to get heat into them.
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Is that a reply to me? I don't understand.

Original post is "See many people weaving trying to put heat into their tires before hitting ramps...", which isn't anything about racing or track riding. Taking racing completely out of the picture makes everything in the chart irrelevant except for Cold Tire / Straight line, slow / and Weaving aggressively. There is minimal to significant tire temp differences between the straight line riding and the weaving. If you were taking the ramp on the left, do you want the rear left of your tire to be 89 degrees or 96 degrees?

Not that a bit of weaving before taking a ramp is going to do a whole lot.
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