All depends on what you want out of your wheels.
That is pretty high pressure to run racing slicks. I usually run them around 16-20psi.
You may want to chat with Linnpower. That is a lot of wear for one session.
i would definitely air those down but that is a lot of wear. not sure if it’s because of the thin contact patch or what tho. they’ve been pretty responsive for me on insta
True? That’s sounds super low. These have tubes so I was concerned how that might go. But yeah the contact when I got out of qualifying was about 30mm of melted/gummy rubber. No shade to Linn though, I’m running these super hard to keep up with @Tasventouras.
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I get that you racing guys buy a lot of tires, but there needs to be some good 100% rubber offroad options and/or tubeless offroad options.
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Tubeless for off road would be an ideal application. I wonder if the super big Exway-designed tires can be run tubeless? In the 90s I used to run normal mountain bike tires tubeless with some sealant.
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I mean if we are really being honest any tire should hold tubeless as long as the rim can, as long as the tpi of the tires is high enough (Normally 120tpi and above for bikes)
I’ve worked in bikes for a long time and have setup numerous bikes that’s weren’t made for it
As long as there is a tight seal, even the little air that leaks out will get sealed with the sealant.
Now keep in mind tubeless tires are tubeless, so they have to be moving and have to have the sealant moving around for it to work best.
My tubeless tires on my bike last forever if I ride often, Let it sit for about a week and I have to redo my tubeless setup.
No matter what you do tubeless will lose air over time, and you have to keep a close look on pressures, tubes are similar, but they lose about 10psi a week on average, where as tubeless you’re 4x that
If you tape up a rim to add a little extra thickness for the seat to grab on you might be able to run most rims tubeless, i’ve been thinking about this with my boardnamics wheels/clever 200x50 off road tires, but I run sealant in my tubes, so there’s no reason for me to go away from tubes over tubeless
I will say tho I am biased towards tubes, I hate dealing with tubeless in any way shape and form, too messy too much work, I like my tubes
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This has been my experience with Linns slicks. They last a weekend of track. Love them, but thinking I may want to switch to SRBs if they last longer.
Same. Replacing tires is a pain. I’d prefer quick release rims with tubed tires that can run flat. Easier to deal with than tubeless.
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Sounds like bad valves or something, I don’t touch my tubes for many months and they are perfectly stable, whether ridden daily, or sitting for weeks…
I’m still not convinced why tubeless is useful for esk8 
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Keep up? You mean destroy
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I agree tubeless is not useful imo
But not bad valve stems it’s due to heat and pressure
Bikes do the same thing, it’s more noticeable on bike tires than the smaller ones we run, but they do lose pressure over time.
My temp fluctuates locally from about 50f to about 100f day to night based off location, and that fluctuation is what causes the psi to drop
Trust me I run 100psi on my Flatland 20” bmx, they will be 60psi within 5 days of sitting.
I have a pump in my toolkit so I never run into any issues
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Since nitrogen molecules are bigger than normal air molecules, it is harder for them to leak out. This means a tire filled with nitrogen will maintain air pressure longer .
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Interesting we’ve got completely different wear profiles, were you doing any burnouts etc? Mine just looks heat-cycled and doesn’t have any tearing, which is what I’d expect from slicks after being pushed hard for a bit. Running similar pressure to at 25psi (cold) and this is after two weekends of racing on em. That said I’ve not done any burnouts on them, just really aggressive carving on the out lap to heat them up.
edit: realised you can’t have done burnouts on those cause they’re un driven wheels haha. weird the very different wear profiles though.
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@TZDKB No intentional burnouts, but I definitely had wheel slip coming onto the throttle exiting corners. The ones shown were actually both on the toeside of the board, I swapped the rear because the grip had disappeared.
I think the pressure was too high causing the smaller contact patch and I also pushed them extremely hard, I got these tyres really hot and that would have increased pressure as well. When I got off track, that wear in the middle was like jelly it was so hot. I ran my second set at 22psi the next day for heats and finals and they performed much better with even wear, still had pretty nice sidewall stability for me to control slip angle.
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