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Old 08-09-09 | 06:34 PM
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From: Rolling hills of Piedmont NC

Bikes: 2008 Trek Madone 5.5, 2005 Marin Novato, Trek 7100

Time to change the tires?

My OEM tires (Bontrager 700x23) have 2800 miles on them. When inspecting the tires with the bike on my workstand for a chain/cassette clean and lube, I found the following tire issues. (see images)

Am I pushing it to continue to run these tires or do they still have good life left in them? The rear is pretty squared off, but the front still has a nice round profile. Still, I prefer to change them as a set rather than mix old and new tires. I run 110 psi rear/100 psi front and I weigh about 165 lbs.

Rear tire:



Front tire:

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