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Are you not concerned about their low silica levels though? Confused
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Post #23572919th Dec 2007 4:37 pm
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Yes I am. actually I'm very concerned. I was thinking of drilling little holes and injecting silica into the tread.
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You could fill some of the grooves in with bathroom silicon sealer Thumbs Up
































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Yes ...I'd heard that Silicon mixed with cotton wool was a great combination. Thumbs Up
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If your tyres have an M+S symbol on them they'll be Ok.
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What do you mean. Make wool snow chains that has silica embedded into the wool. You know it may work Shocked
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Marie had better get knitting then Rolling with laughter
  
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You could always do a group buy with cmyers_uk for those cheap chains.... even cheaper then..... Thumbs Up
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Disconutter wrote:
If your tyres have an M+S symbol on them they'll be Ok.



There you go Andrew ...nutter says that Marks & Spencer sell them Thumbs Up
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Post #23577019th Dec 2007 5:42 pm
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S Censored T I read that as S&M
  
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Isn't silica glass? How about putting broken shards of glass in the tyres, should have the effect of lowering tyre pressures automatically too Wink
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As a geologist, I can confirm silica (really quatrz or SiO2) is the raw material for glass. However it's silicon that will be in the tyres and other things of RRSport.co.uk interest!!! Whistle Whistle
   
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I beg to differ

http://www.tyres-online.co.uk/technology/silica.asp
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Can't imagine soot (carbon black) and sand would work very well in a tyre but s'pose I learn something everyday!!!

Ah, just found http://www.tomsofmaine.com/toms/ifs/hydrated_silica.asp , this must be the stuff they mean!
   
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AndrewS wrote:
What do you mean. Make wool snow chains that has silica embedded into the wool. You know it may work Shocked


I've a load of those bead things left over that I couldn't eat from those bags that say 'do not eat' on them and some sticky tape, any good to you Andrew ? Very Happy
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