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02-21-15 | 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by lopek77

Buying expensive road bike - check
Beating your buddies max speed - check
Saving $40 on an old tire and crashing, losing the bike and being unable to ride fast for a year - PRICELESS

Here is the tip - If the tire is looking much different than when new - There must be something wrong with it.

So replace every 250 miles once the little nubs wear off ?

As mentioned many times, the better tire should be on the front, but no reason not to get full life out of the rear tire.

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