Road Cycling - old or new tyres on wind trainers?

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bmw_maniac
04-10-03, 12:52 AM
The subject says it all, i prefer to use an old tyre, but hate changing it all the time as my Michelin Axial Kevlar training tyres have an EXTREMELY tight bead on them.

What do you guys (and girls) think?

Raiyn
04-10-03, 12:57 AM
Save the new tire for the street. Perhaps geting an inexpensive wheel mounted up with an old tire is in order? It's not like you need Spanky wheels on a trainer
mrfix
04-10-03, 05:00 AM
I use a cheap smooth Kmart tire on the cyclops, it's been on the for three years and over 3000 miles on the cateye and it's not worn out yet.