Be there when it opens
VERTEX launches on Kickstarter. One email when the campaign goes live, one more if the date moves. That is the whole programme.. we are not going to run a newsletter at you.
Tell us where to reach you
If you run a series, tell us which. Rulebooks differ on treadwear minimums and we would rather know which ones we need to satisfy before we are asked.
- 01Told first when the campaign opens
- 02Told directly if the date moves
- 03Series and rulebook questions answered before launch, not after
Every set arrives with its own measurements
A card, in the box, carrying that batch's measured figures against the published ones.. with the deviation and the tolerance it had to fall inside. Not a certificate of authenticity. A receipt.
The deviations on it are real and they are not zero. A card where every deviation reads 0.00 is a brochure, and a driver running forty tires a weekend would know it in a second.
Where a value falls outside tolerance, the batch does not ship.
Where it is
The honest timeline
Most pre-launch pages imply a product is nearly ready. Here is exactly where VERTEX actually is, including the parts that aren't scheduled yet.
Done
Tooling cut
Both sizes specified and the moulds cut. Two compounds, two sizes, one directional tread pattern in a variable pitch sequence.
In production nowNow
First samples
Production samples are being built. When they land they get measured on our own equipment, and every figure currently flagged as unverified on this site either gets confirmed or gets corrected.
Test day
A full test event. Real drivers, real tandem, real abuse.. with us there taking notes. This is where the tire either does what we have said it does, or we find out in front of people who will tell us.
After the test day
Feedback and changes
Whatever comes back from the test day gets acted on before anything ships. If something needs changing we will publish what changed and why, not quietly revise a spec sheet.
Date to be announced
Kickstarter
The campaign opens once the tire has been tested and the numbers on this site have been verified rather than estimated. Waitlist gets the link first, founder pricing, and a serial number on the batch card.
Why a campaign at all
Not because a drift tire needs crowdfunding to exist. Because the thing we want to prove is a habit, and a habit has to be witnessed.
Anyone can copy a visual language in a week. Nobody can copy a habit of publishing their own variance, because the moment it is inconvenient they stop. The campaign puts that in front of people who will check it.
Not decided yet: the funding goal, the reward ladder, and whether the first batch is serial numbered. When they are, they will appear here rather than in an email.
Decided: the batch card ships with every set, campaign or not.