Originally Posted by
cornucopia72
Thank you coloroadie! According to the stamp my tire was made in January 2005. I can not tell for sure where I bought that tire but since I usually check on line and then buy 4 to 6 tires at a time from the cheapest source, I must have gotten an aged batch. I checked the date on the rest of my stock and that was the oldest tire. The next oldest tire has a date of Nov. 2007.
Is five years to old for a tire to be used safely? I keep my bikes and tires in a garage/shop that has a thermostat/controlled attic fan... it gets hot in there but not extremely hot.
I don't know if there's a finite shelf life, but i believe that cool, dark, and dry are good places to store tires. Avoid places with heat, sunlight, solvents, combustion by-products, and ozone from electric motors.
I'm sure a real expert will correct me if I'm mistaken!