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700c tires duration?
If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can
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On May 17, 3:26 pm, Ablang wrote:
If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can I expect these tires to last? What do you guys get on your tires (of any size)? Nokian studs + dim sum parlor + mad skillz hopefully the pork buns! |
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On May 17, 3:26 pm, Ablang wrote:
If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can I expect these tires to last? What do you guys get on your tires (of any size)? Depends on whether you brake hard, what you weigh, whether the frame is true, whether the wheels are true, whether the pavement is hot, what pressure you run at. There are a lot of variables. I've got 4,500 miles on a pair of slicks. They're a bit thin, they have a few small glass punctures. I figure they're good for another 1,500 or so. My son, who weighs 25 pounds less, gets about 2,000 miles on a heavier touring tire. But he brakes hard, doesn't keep his wheels in good condition, could care less whether the pressure is low, dumps the bike at least twice a year, etc... |
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landotter writes: On May 17, 3:26 pm, Ablang wrote: If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can I expect these tires to last? What do you guys get on your tires (of any size)? Nokian studs + dim sum parlor + mad skillz hopefully the pork buns! A coupla Eddie Bond tunes will always getcha through. And a Halifax donair. Beware how the sauce settles to the bottom of the donair. Eat it while standing outside. Maybe spread your feet apart if you don't want it on your shoes. And avoiding riding by where construction sites throw their garbage out. Construction sites kill tires something fierce. Especially when they're installing flashing. Yeah, dim sum is much more civilized. But a good donair tastes so durn good. Eight more stamps on my Pita House card and I get a free donair or falafels or a 6" sub. I figure a 6" sub ain't a sub at all; it's just a hoagy. In my urban experience, tires last for as long as they don't get gashed by broken beer bottle shards. Or construction site flashing trimmings. I don't think I've ever just worn a tire out. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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Ablang wrote:
If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can I expect these tires to last? What do you guys get on your tires (of any size)? I think most people just go till they start getting flats with more frequency than "normal," whatever that happens to be. Tires are pretty cheap, even if you don't buy the lowest priced ones. There's nothing at all wrong with being frugal, but you don't have to ride your tires till the threads show through. |
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Which tires are you talking about the ones that get an A for traction
tend to wear quicker than the ones that get a A for tread wear... these two aspects of a single tire seem to be diametrically opposed and a single tire, well... that's why they have different ratings. Oh wait, that's car tires - manufactures of bike tires generally don't bother to publish those ratings - never mind. ....But still YMMV. |
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I don't think I've ever just worn a tire out.
You've got to be kidding, I've NEVER gotten more than about 12kmi outta one. Cheap ones usually don't go past 2 or 3kmi before the cords poke through |
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Ablang wrote:
If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can I expect these tires to last? What do you guys get on your tires (of any size)? It depends on the tires, I have Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires with more than 10,000 miles on them (7000 up front, then rotated to the back). I actually didn't *finish* them, I just rotated the worn tire off to a new bike that doesn't get ridden much. In contrast, I've had some terrible tires that I pitched after less than a thousand miles as I tired of changing flats a couple times a week. -- Dane Buson - "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." -Dan Quayle |
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DennisTheBald writes: I don't think I've ever just worn a tire out. You've got to be kidding, I've NEVER gotten more than about 12kmi outta one. Cheap ones usually don't go past 2 or 3kmi before the cords poke through No, I'm not kidding. My tires seem to always eventually die unnatural deaths. It's tear, more than wear, that gits 'em. I generally get about 8000-10,000 km out of my cheap-o, hard-ass Cheng Shin slicks (which, BTW, haven't been so cheap lately) before they suffer an irrepairable gash, while still having a lot of otherwise good tread on 'em. I've booted some of them and squeezed a little more life out of them, but there's something about riding on booted tires that nags at ya until you replace 'em. And you can feel the lumpiness of the boot. The Princess and the Pea, 'n all that. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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On May 19, 10:15*am, catzz66 wrote:
Ablang wrote: If I use these tires purely on asphalt & concrete, how many miles can I expect these tires to last? What do you guys get on your tires (of any size)? I think most people just go till they start getting flats with more frequency than "normal," whatever that happens to be. *Tires are pretty cheap, even if you don't buy the lowest priced ones. *There's nothing at all wrong with being frugal, but you don't have to ride your tires till the threads show through. I usually go for the "more flats than usual" as well; except one time, when I was looking for where the offending whatever was, I noticed I was down to threads there. And a couple other places. I thought it was pretty cool that I managed to wear a tire out, just like Jobst and Grant would... Pat |
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