Originally Posted by
Gasser5.2
Holy cow - how are you guys getting 3,000-4,000 miles out of bike tires?
Mostly using them until the cords show (2/3 of their life can remain when they square of) and running longer lasting tires.
That's approaching motorcycle tire life! You must weigh 120 lbs. and ride on linoleum
I've never gotten more than 1500 miles out of tires and that was on some Michelin carbons that I was careful to switch front/back every 300 miles or so.
I was getting ~4500 miles at 180+ pounds from Continental Gatorskins and GP4000s.
At 137 I had tread left on my last GP4000SII at 6466 miles, but cut cords on road debris before getting to the center of that tootsie pop.
The current one has 3302 rear miles after 8578 in front.
Assuming they haven't met a premature demise through big cuts, I replace mine when they're squared off enough to adversely affect cornering. That's typically long before threads start to show.
Given how compliant rubber is I expect your cornering problems are coming from the placebo effect.