Tyres, shot or not?

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Tyres, shot or not?

Postby lemmiwinks » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:20 am

On the weekend I was fortunate enough to be given a Shogun Samurai road bike by a mate who had been given it by his neighbour who decided he didn't like riding drop bars. It doesn't seem to have been ridden in a while and the sidewalls of the tyres are a bit perished. Have they had it or will they be ok? I run my other Shogun which is fitted with Michelin Speedium 2's at about 110psi so I inflated these to 100psi and rode to the end of the street and back ok, but obviously I don't want them to let go suddenly especially when Torpedo7 has Maxxis detonator's on special for $17 this week.

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Postby Nate » Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:55 am

rear looks iffy...

but at $35 all round... its a no brainer considering the potential consequence of an accident!
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Postby MichaelB » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:09 am

Shot*

* = enough not to worry about spending $40 on a new set of tyres when you got the bike for nix.
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Postby Matt_Matt » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:12 am

Replace both IMHO


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Postby lemmiwinks » Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:30 am

Good point. When it comes down to it, I'd always rather buy a new tyre than risk having an accident 'cause of an iffy old tyre.

Been looking for an excuse to put together a Torpedo7 order anyway :D
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