Yak shaving? No, shaving tires! The unorthodoxy has reached new levels. How do you get rid of those long and, above all, many molding nubs on some tires? On some of them you can easily spend a few minutes with small cutters just to remove them.
But these new Continental Top Contact Winter II really take the prize. Hairy as a beaver. A dirt-cheap, use-and-abuse electric shaver from Ali makes short work of at least 65535 tiny rubber hairs, each 1 mm thick, and 8 mm long. See the before and after photos.
The departement of sillyness has closed for today, and will be back when you least expect it to be.
by SirPingSweden
12 Comments
…just let the chicken strips wear off naturally.
go for a ride?? they will wear down in like 200km…
Bicycle Station have noted that Continental tires all have the hairs.
This is how bikepubes got his name
Pro tip: after you shave your bike tires’ pubes, glue them to your face you’ll have a great looking beard.
Buhahaha!
I just do more skids and then swap the front and back tires and do more skids.
What a weird thing to care about
I’ve done this once, on a tyre that wasn’t this furry, with hand snips, because the 8mm strings were rubbing on the frame.
Some folks like a more natural look
Just ride your bike man
If they’re on your tires for very long, then you’re probably not riding your bike enough.
Are you bored?