Mountain Biking - Storing Tires

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S.D.XC
01-08-09, 11:22 PM
How do you guys usually store your spare tires?

ed
01-09-09, 07:37 AM
I put them in my Camelbak so JIK.
junkyard
01-09-09, 07:54 AM
Humidity and temperature controlled room. I pay a guy to rotate the tires 13 degrees every 14 minutes so that it does not get misshapen. I do this with each tire that is not on my bike.

pinkrobe
01-09-09, 09:01 AM
I bury mine in the yard at the end of every season so that in the distant future, alien archeologists will find the remains and realize that a rider lived there...
junkyard
01-09-09, 10:53 AM
I bury mine in the yard at the end of every season so that in the distant future, alien archeologists will find the remains and realize that a rider lived there...

I usually dig those up and use them the following season. Hacks like me don't need fresh tires.
cryptid01
01-09-09, 11:04 AM
http://www.nextautos.com/files/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/tire-sculpture.jpg
dminor
01-09-09, 11:13 AM
I use them to add some heat to slash piles.

Well, actually, I just hang 'em from a pipe in the garage with all the junk wheels and stuff.
junkyard
01-09-09, 12:12 PM
http://www.nextautos.com/files/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/tire-sculpture.jpg

Intense.
cryptid01
01-09-09, 12:46 PM
Intense.

And time consuming. I might go back to the way I used to do it, which is to keep them in a pile on the garage floor...
mcoomer
01-09-09, 02:39 PM
^^^That's my preferred method. I just lay them flat in a pile on the garage floor. I used to fold them up but found that laying them flat makes it easier to remount them if I need to.

Mike
dminor
01-09-09, 02:45 PM
^^^That's my preferred method. I just lay them flat in a pile on the garage floor. I used to fold them up but found that laying them flat makes it easier to remount them if I need to.

MikeI would just hate that; so wasteful of precious space. I like my shop orderly and organized:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/garage/IMG_0918_resample.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/garage/IMG_0925_resample.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t162/dminorwa/garage/IMG_0921_resample.jpg
S.D.XC
01-10-09, 02:14 AM
dminor, doesn't the pipe cause the tire to get misshapen after a while?
dminor
01-10-09, 11:26 AM
I haven't noticed it; I don't think they're heavy enough to cause problems. Might be more problematic on a tubeless bead but even then I don't think so.
S.D.XC
01-11-09, 04:45 AM
well what if i use a NAIL instead of a pipe?
Pocko
01-11-09, 06:29 PM
Lying flat in a pile... in a semi-attic above my garage/workshop.

Come to think of it... it gets pretty hot up there - maybe I should find another place for them... :eek: