Panaracer EVO3s worn through to canvas after a small lock up

garnett

Looking for advice from more experienced riders.

I swapped over some incredibly durable Bontrager Race Lite tyres for something I thought might give me some free speed - Panaracer EVO3s - on Saturday.

Yesterday I locked up the back wheel when someone stepped back off the pavement into the street.

I slowed and then locked up and must have skidded for a meter at most. I actually thought to myself, "Lewis will have blackspotted his tyres there, David".

Well I have taken them down to the canvas. About an inch showing.

I'm new to race-esque tyres so I was wondering - is this the level of resilience I should expect?

rich164h

So let me get this right, the tyres were only 3 days old and the lock up was only a metre long? Doesn't sound right at all to me. Even if you weighed two or three times as much I doubt there would be enough weight pushing down to pull off that amount of rubber over a metre of tarmac.

garnett

Rich, thanks for the reply.

I'm about 95 kgs (15 stone) so definitely not a light rider, but as I say, the lock up was very short. I've done the same many times on the old Bontragers and they've still got some life in them.

I thought it seemed a pretty outrageous degree of wear, but I'm not used to race tyres, and wasn't sure whether this was what I had to expect.

nferrar

Not familiar with the EVO3's but I've had similar lock-ups on Conti GP4000's and Schwalbe Ultremo's and not had noticeable wear nor would I expect any. Unless the EVO3 is a 100g race-day only tyre then I'd say it's crap that it should wear like that, whether you can get a replacement though I don't know (I'm sure you'll have eyebrows raised at you when you mention skidding...)

garnett

Yeah, that's what I reckon. Still, I think I'll give it a go. The worst they can say is, "No."

garnett

Thought I should probably end off the thread. Had some bother dealing with the staff on the Cut but in the end they really came through. Dealt with a few herberts, and got told there was nothing they could do, but in the end I went in yesterday and dealt with a bloke who I think may have been the manager, and who seemed like a genuine bike enthusiast. Throughly decent bloke who offered me a free tire as replacement. Was drunk at the time and so insisted on going halves, but to be honest I can't fault the overall treatment I received.

giant_man

These tyres sound very thin imo, have a look at some good race tyres like Michelin ProRace 3s, which are fine for all year round cycling imo ....

Monty Dog

Race tyres are built for performance rather than durability. Whether you'd skidded or punctured there's no come back with the maker - you've clearly bought the wrong product for your needs.

boblo

.....and can't control a bike properly if you're locking up. You need to buy stuff that's suitable for your portly build not stuff designed for 'normal people'