How often do you need new tyres?
Jamey
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I know all of the usual answers to this question - it depends on the conditions, it depends on what tyres, it depends on their size, it depends on how much weight you carry, etc etc etc.
Lots and lots of "it depends", basically.
But forget all of that and humour me by telling me two things - how often you buy new tyres and what that roughly equates to in mileage.
I'll begin:
Time - roughly once per year
Miles - roughly 5,000.
Lots and lots of "it depends", basically.
But forget all of that and humour me by telling me two things - how often you buy new tyres and what that roughly equates to in mileage.
I'll begin:
Time - roughly once per year
Miles - roughly 5,000.
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That a 50% tarmac/ 50% mud/gravel commute.
Time taken to do this. 8months for the first replacement and 14months for the second.
Mike
Basically - it you can see cloth through the tread => replace
if you can see sidewall defects, frays, etc. => replace
if the tyre is at all perished => replace
if you can see a flat spot on the tread, but its not bothering you yet => put pennies in the piggy bank in anticiaption of a spate of punctures and inevitable replacement.
if there is a fatal colour clash between the tyres and the colour scheme of the bike generally => replace.
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However, I bought a new tyre anyway. And that was after not even 800 miles. Probably an outlier, that one..
What was that rubber solution for divers that CJ mentioned a week or so back (and where to get it)? More flexible, so doesn't fall out of the fill (as I find superglue tends to once hard).
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I mentioned superglue, but somebody else mentioned wetsuit glue from PBK.
Changed my Gatorskins in July after about 1 year/6,500 miles.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
Looking at the responses to Jamey's original post, I'm obviously putting excessive strain on the Spec all conditions. They tend to get reasonable reviews from what I've seen. Either it's the weight
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I looked at some on Saturday at my LBS. They looked pretty durable tbh.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."
with the road bike it's once a year or so when it's picked up enought slashes for I to start to worry, blizzards never yet had a puncture with them, though the tires do look trashed by the end of it.
i have no idea as to millage sorry though fairly rough roads but largely low milage.
I actually have an unsupported theory about the number of high streets/ed areas a commuter needs to pass through heading directly south or south east being greater than if you head my way (south west) and that you are therefore more likley to encounter the guff associated with high streets.
"What happens when the hammer goes down, kids?"
"It stays down, Daddy."
"Exactly."