At what point do you replace tires?
04-09-12, 10:28 AM
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Woman on my club ride Saturday had a blowout - this is the result AFTER I put in two boots. She made it to the transit station and took a train home.
No way she should have let this tire get so worn out.
No way she should have let this tire get so worn out.
04-09-12, 11:09 AM
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Your take on the front tire issue is similar to my thoughts until a couple of events. First, my brother, who is much faster (and younger) had a front tire blowout at 45 MPH on a downhill. He said he held it straight and stopped with very little problem. Surprised him and me. A short while later I had a front wheel blowout on a flat at 21 MPH. Not similar to a downhill 40+ MPH blowout, but still I had no handling problems. Besides, I very seldom have much wear on the front tire. The back is the one that wears and flats the most.
It's just not worth it trying to extract the last few cents of life out of a tire compared to what can happen.
J.
04-09-12, 11:44 AM
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I'd put these more in the category of "good luck" than typical. I've had a couple of flats (blowouts) using clinchers where the bead rapidly becomes unseated and the tire has left the rim. Really, there is not much to prevent this from happening, it's really just how many revolutions the wheel has to make before you stop and how fast the air leaves the tire. In fact, this is one of the reasons I've gone over to tubulars almost entirely on my bikes beside being pleasantly surprised at the big drop in flats in general (about 1/6th as many for me).
It's just not worth it trying to extract the last few cents of life out of a tire compared to what can happen.
J.
It's just not worth it trying to extract the last few cents of life out of a tire compared to what can happen.
J.
When I came around my favorite tight, banked turn at *30mph* to find landscaping rocks spilled on the road, I avoided them with the front tire, but the rear tire hit one, pinch-flatted, and was off the rim in ~20 feet. No way in hell I would have avoided a crash if it had been the front tire.
04-09-12, 12:55 PM
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As I always say, change just one dirt bike tire and you will never, ever complain about a little bicycle tire ever again. 
04-17-12, 08:04 PM
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Look what I found while inspecting my Gatorskins....Tread wear indicators.
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