The worst tyres you've ever had

[johnnyb47]

Hi to all.
Just a bit of a tongue in cheek thread really but most threads about tyres are usually based on " what are the best " so I thought it would be interesting to know about the worst tyres you've ever had. There surely must of been some real bad ones out there, that over the years had self destructed or gave virtually no grip in the first sign of rain. Me personally has never really had a bad tyre but I've never strayed away from the Michelin brands though.
All the best
Johnny

 

[fossyant]

Some old Vittoria Open Clinchers. Used the same construction as tubs. Quite expensive, but found the tread would de-laminate from the carcase. This was many years ago.

Michelin are my favourite light weight tyre. Schwalbe Durano Plus folding were my favourite bomb proof tyre for glass strewn commutes.

 

[HLaB]

Where previously I woul have rated conti tyres as one of the best I had a series fail prematurely at the side wall and would classify them now the worst. That prompted me to change to Mitchelin and they've been very good tyres.

 

[User6179]

Mavic Aksion - best and worst , first set lasted thousand of miles then the 7 out of 8 I bought/warranty replaced/inherited all developed a bulge within a few hundred miles .

 

[NorthernDave]

Put Schwalbe Marathons on the hybrid following a visit from the fairy.
Absolutely hated them - they were slow, lacked grip on damp roads, heavy and felt dead with no feedback. Within a fortnight I'd replaced them with Land Cruisers and all was well in the world again.

 

[simon.r]

Tioga Psycho butterscotch, as supplied with a Proflex Beast in 1996.

They were dreadful as soon as they saw a bit of mud. The same tyre in black was perfectly OK.

Not my bike, but the same as this:

https://goo.gl/images/aQsWbq

 

[clid61]

Pirelli Phantoms on my motorbike , stuck like shoot to a shovel, didn't last 2 minutes, followed by Yokohama !

 

[Kajjal]

Bontrager ones that came on my first road bike. Rolled really badly, had zero grip in the wet and punctured all the time, especially if it was cold and raining.

 

[martint235]

Conti 4 seasons. Hated them. Punctured often and I had no confidence in them on wet roads

 

[johnnyb47]

I wonder why bike tyres always seem to suffer from punctures in the colder weather.

 

[midlife]

Please don't say Maxxis Detonator........I have them on my Basso at the moment

Shaun

 

[Smokin Joe]

Some old Vittoria Open Clinchers. Used the same construction as tubs. Quite expensive, but found the tread would de-laminate from the carcase. This was many years ago.

Same as me. I bought a batch of five on offer from Ribble back in the early nineties, they worked out at about £4.50 each. Nearly all developed a bulge in the sidewall where the carcass failed. I think the lengths of tread I carry now as an emergency tyre boot come from one of them.

 

[si_c]

Michelin dynamic classics. Cheap, plasticky, no grip, no puncture protection, uncomfortable as hell and they didn't like staying on the rim too much.

 

[tyred]

Continental Ultrasport. Very good if you need practice fixing punctures.

 

[DCLane]

+1 for Michelin Dynamic. Abysmal. One short ride and that was enough for the pair - they went onto the next bike I was selling *


* sorry if you bought that bike