Anyone else thinking we pay too much for tyres?

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  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    Rolf F wrote:
    Not saying you didn't make the prices up - but you can do better than that fairly easily on the net. I think I paid £46 the pair for my Ultremos which is in the price bracket you put middle of the road tyres.
    I actually wrote "decent ones for £25-£30" which is not the same as £46 where I come from. I'm fully aware of the cheapest prices for Ultremos as I've been considering a pair myself and don't want to pay more than I have to.

    I don't know if you read my post properly, but I was trying to indicate the typical price bands that exist (and why) and representative tyres rather than an exhaustive reference of cheapest prices found for each tyre.
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Simon E wrote:
    Rolf F wrote:
    Not saying you didn't make the prices up - but you can do better than that fairly easily on the net. I think I paid £46 the pair for my Ultremos which is in the price bracket you put middle of the road tyres.
    I actually wrote "decent ones for £25-£30" which is not the same as £46 where I come from. I'm fully aware of the cheapest prices for Ultremos as I've been considering a pair myself and don't want to pay more than I have to.

    I don't know if you read my post properly, but I was trying to indicate the typical price bands that exist (and why) and representative tyres rather than an exhaustive reference of cheapest prices found for each tyre.

    Whatever!..... if I'm not reading your posts properly, you aren't reading my posts properly either! Indeed - £46 a pair is not the same as £25 to £30 each; it is £4 - £14 cheaper. That is the point I was making. Ultremos, a top rated tyre, can be had for less than your band for middling tyres; there's really no need to pay over £30 each. I was just making a point that's all. I wasn't suggesting that you were undertaking exhaustive research - just that your suggested prices were on the high side for a quick internet search. Honestly, you really don't need to be so defensive! Is that ok? :wink:

    Incidentally, I reckon my City Jets (fat MTB ones) are probably on over 5000 miles now. I probably should swap them round soon though as the rear won't last many more thousand if it stays on the rear!
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  • simon_e
    simon_e Posts: 1,707
    Rolf F wrote:
    if I'm not reading your posts properly, you aren't reading my posts properly either! Indeed - £46 a pair is not the same as £25 to £30 each; it is £4 - £14 cheaper.
    I read and understood your post just fine and I never said £46 = £50 or £60.

    Some prices at Google Shopping for anyone interested in what I have termed typical premium tyres:

    Ultremo R1 - http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=schw ... tremo%20r1
    Pro 3 - http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=michelin%20pro%203
    M Plus - http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=schw ... hon%20plus
    M Supreme - http://www.google.co.uk/products?q=schw ... %20supreme
    Corsa Evo CX - http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en& ... 20evo%20cx
    GP4000S - http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en& ... %20gp4000s
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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Simon E wrote:
    Rolf F wrote:
    if I'm not reading your posts properly, you aren't reading my posts properly either! Indeed - £46 a pair is not the same as £25 to £30 each; it is £4 - £14 cheaper.
    I read and understood your post just fine and I never said £46 = £50 or £60.

    Ooooh dear. I'll try to explain it. You said that you'd have to pay more than £30 for premium tyres (I assume that is what you meant by middling tyres being £25 to £30).

    I said, you can do better than that. I said you can get a pair of Ultremos for £46 or so.

    You then said that £46 isn't the same as £25-£30 each. I pointed out that indeed it wasn't - it was cheaper. You failed to understand that post and then posted a price list for Ultremos showing (without an exhaustive search as you implied) that you can get an Ultremo for £23 as I said in the first place thus confirming my point that your suggested cost was a bit pessimistic. It's pretty straightforward. Sorry for confusing you but I was just trying to make a simple point which you've helpfully confirmed with the links.

    PS - I was merely trying to help the OP by pointing out that the prices of premium tyres is a bit less than you were suggesting. It wasn't meant to be an attack on your tyre pricing knowledge!
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