Tyres safe to ride on?

Rushmeister
Rushmeister Posts: 3
in Road beginners
Hi all, just wondered if the tyres in the photo are safe to ride on? Should I be worried about the cracks?



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  • thecycleclinic
    thecycleclinic Posts: 395
    Bulging is really unsafe. Those if not bulging then they are technically safeish but more prone to blowout punctures as there little to stop something tearing the carcass.
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  • Rushmeister
    Rushmeister Posts: 3
    Thanks for the info, I only asked as they're about a couple years old but didn't use them at all last year and the bikes been stored in the garage. Guess the rubber has degraded over time. I'll change them, better safe than sorry.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,157
    I've found tyres on a bike that is being used last longer than on a bike in storage. Counterinuative but perishing seems worse than wear.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • shimanobottombracket
    shimanobottombracket Posts: 376
    pblakeney said:

    I've found tyres on a bike that is being used last longer than on a bike in storage. Counterinuative but perishing seems worse than wear.

    Dodgy rubber has been well known to cause huge problems. In some cases it can be fatal, in other cases it can be the opposite.

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