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Postby revinR1 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:40 am
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Re: Tyres
Postby AndrewBurns » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:01 am
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Re: Tyres
Postby il padrone » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:33 am
Most tyres will have a normal wear-life of between 5000 and 15,000 kms. My Vittoria Randonneur Cross tyres lasted 14,000 kms, so after they had done about 6,000 kms and still had plenty of tread depth I swapped them front to rear. The old rear worked fine as the front tyre, with a good tread still. They then gave me good service for another 8,000 kms and were both worn out by that stage. Replaced them with the same tyres new.
Your tyres being 40mm will probably be lower pressure like mine, and being Vittoria will also last quite well. Don't worry too much until they've done about 5,000 kms, then if the tread looks good you could swap them.
Or else just run them till the rear is totally worn out, as others have said.
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Re: Tyres
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Re: Tyres
Postby il padrone » Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:18 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Tyres
Postby Mulger bill » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:26 pm
Wish I had that problem when I was commuting on 26x1.9s Pete, might be the ~15kgs difference you reckon?il padrone wrote:With my 47mm tyres 'squaring off' is much less of an issue than it is with 23m skinnies.
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Re: Tyres
Postby il padrone » Sun Feb 17, 2013 3:06 pm
"An unjustified and unethical imposition on a healthy activity."
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Re: Tyres
Postby drubie » Sun Feb 17, 2013 5:39 pm
- front to spares
- rear to bin
- two new tyres.
Yep, more expensive but there's always somebody who wants a tyre, generally me when I cut the daylights out of something on the bike and need a spare in a hurry.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Tyres
Postby human909 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:05 pm
But the NEW>>>FRONT>>>REAR>>>>BIN make plenty of sense.
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Re: Tyres
Postby __PG__ » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:24 pm
Really we shouldn't be running identical tires on the front/back in any case. I don't know my more people don't mix the front /rear tire.
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Re: Tyres
Postby jasonc » Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:41 pm
on my roadie, I've currently got a gp4000s on the front and durano on the rear. the durano is definitely the wrong choice as a rear tyre (for me). it feels dead as if there is no feedback. doesn't seem to grip in the wet. I have a gp4000s to put on the rear in the next month__PG__ wrote:I've bought a set of Michelin Pro Optima which you buy as a 'set'. The front tire is lighter and softer than the rear. In theory they should have the same wear rates.
Really we shouldn't be running identical tires on the front/back in any case. I don't know my more people don't mix the front /rear tire.
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Re: Tyres
Postby il padrone » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:48 pm
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Re: Tyres
Postby __PG__ » Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:24 am
Maybe try Gatorskins on the rear?jasonc wrote: on my roadie, I've currently got a gp4000s on the front and durano on the rear. the durano is definitely the wrong choice as a rear tyre (for me). it feels dead as if there is no feedback. doesn't seem to grip in the wet. I have a gp4000s to put on the rear in the next month
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Re: Tyres
Postby jasonc » Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:38 am
My RS30s have gatorskins. the only puncture I've had on them (~1500kms) is a builders staple through the rear tyre__PG__ wrote:Maybe try Gatorskins on the rear?jasonc wrote: on my roadie, I've currently got a gp4000s on the front and durano on the rear. the durano is definitely the wrong choice as a rear tyre (for me). it feels dead as if there is no feedback. doesn't seem to grip in the wet. I have a gp4000s to put on the rear in the next month
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Re: Tyres
Postby Slvr32gtr » Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:00 pm
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Re: Tyres
Postby Summernight » Tue Feb 19, 2013 2:12 pm
I have Maxxis Refuse 700x23 tyres on my bike- they have done just shy of 3000 kms with only one puncture in winter last year (huge nail square in the centre of the front tyre) and one builder's staple which was embedded almost completely but it hadn't ruptured the tube when I pulled it out .
I can't see any tread on the rolling part (compared to the tyres as they look as new on the web) and there are little pockmarks through the tyres from them rolling over stones and glass etc. but the tyres still feel grippy and stable on my commutes. The tyres never had a huge amount of noticeable tread from the start (compared to the big grooves like car tyres and MTB tyres have - see here for example of the Refuse tread).
What should I be looking for in order to determine whether they need replacing or not? And what does squaring off on a road tyre actually LOOK like (front and rear)?
Someone said here that you shouldn't start worrying about replacement until 5,000kms but I would like to actually think I know what I'm looking for when the time comes.
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Re: Tyres
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