Originally Posted by
aham23
^^^^ as you should have read above it has been indicated that the advantage to these "trainer" specific tires is less noise and debris and longer life. i have no experience with them, but may give one a go next winter. later.
You should read the thread again. You said that your $10 tire shreds and stinks, but no one mentioned that as the intended design of the Continental Sport Hometrainer Tire. I often hear people say they are buying one to save wear on their expensive road tires.
Actually, Continental confuses me on what purpose the tire serves. If you view the brochure on Continental's website:
http://www.conti-online.com/generato..._tires_en.html
they claim:
The roller tyre. With a modern roller and the Ultra Sport Hometrainer in the house, winter can set in when it wants to. Thanks to its special cold-running compound, the Ultra Sport Hometrainer doesn’t experience the heat buildup of a road tyre, nor does it suffer the tread separation that the road tyre is prone to under the special loads occurring when in cycling and braking on the roller’s revolving drums. The Ultra Sport Hometrainer has been designed explicitly for rollers and is not suitable for on-road use.
The cold-running and tread separation may be their way of saying that it does not stink or shred. I don't find this to be a problem with the cheap tires I have used. It hasn't been a problem with my regular road tires either, now that I think about it. But the "special load caused by braking", is this really a problem? I never hit the brake while on the trainer. When they say rollers, do they mean trainers as well? I have no experience with rollers, only trainers and don't know enough to determine if rollers require a different tire design than trainers. What special loads are involved?