I wouldn't say that too loudly around here, there are a lot of forum members who think tires are not any good after a year...I disagree. While I'm not so sure if waiting a year makes them tougher, but I do know it doesn't hurt them either. I bought a 84 Fuji Club that was stored in a garage attic 5 days after it was purchased new in 84 two springs ago, I bought it with the original tires and tubes and neither have any cracks and the tube didn't stick to the tire, I actually rode on the tires for about 200 miles before getting a set of modern flat resistant lighter folding tires, I still have the tires and their still perfect. And I've ridden on tires season after season for 4 or 5 seasons with no cracks on the tires; my wife's MTB has a tire on it that is 9 years old, stored outside in the summer and garage in the winter no cracks in those tires either. I do have a set of cheap Walmart tires that came on a kids bike that is about 9 years old and those tires are cracked like a jigsaw puzzle.