Originally Posted by Machka

You've posted several posts about tires lately. I don't think I've ever given tires so much thought.

MEC sells Conti 1000s for $13 each, they are the cheapest tires I can get ahold of, and so that's what I buy. I also need folding tires for my events, and it happened that MEC had Hutchison folders on sale, which I bought. Later, in the middle of the night during one of my randonnees, I needed a tire, and put that one on ... and discovered that it was a very nice tire. So, when they go on sale again, I will purchase them.

As for shelf-life, I go through half a dozen tires a year ... it is highly unlikely any of the tires I buy are going to be sitting there for more than a couple years.


So ... I'm curious ... is there some long-term event, in a remote foreign country, you are planning where you won't be able to buy tires?