Bike tyres v car tyres

[Cal44]

I recently bought myself a new bike that was technically second hand but from a charity shop that specialises in finding virtually unused bikes and selling them at very keen prices.

The only issue that I have is that I have been spending a lot of time deciding which tyre I should get to replace the stock tyres and should I get 25mm or 28mm etc.......So my point/question is, apart from size of tyre as this is defined more by the alloy on the car, does anyone spend as much time thinking about which tyres to buy for their car and do they worry/consider it as much as the bike? Or do you simply just look at the best deal that the particular garage you go to has at the time?

I simply go to the same place each time and have the same thing fitted each time on both cars....good price and has seen me alright in the wet round the bends....

 

[The_Hawk]

I tend to spend more time on car tyres haven't changed my bike tyres yet. I think I know more about cars than bikes. #wholenewworld

 

[mjr]

I tend to stick to the same car tyres like I do the same bike tyres, only switching if I want to try something which has had a particularly good review from a trustworthy source. I switch car tyres less often as they are more expensive and you have to switch two at a time most often.

 

[bikingdad90]

In terms of car tyres I tend to go for top end of mid range. I avoid budget like the plague and oddly the premium tyres give my car worse noise and wet performance levels over mid range despite having a softer compound. It's only a skoda with 145/65/15 on. Finding stock is fun too!

In terms of bike tyres looking for some fat (30/32) 700c tyres st the moment.

 

[S-Express]

Problem solved...

 

[winjim]

I have no idea what brand of tyres are on my car. Around the time of the last service the front pair were getting worn so I asked for them to be replaced and they were. With what, God alone knows.

 

[AndyRM]

[QUOTE 4779382, member: 9609"]I get my van tyres from the scrapies, last two I bought 5.5mm tread, £25 for the pair fitted and balanced and I will get 20,000 miles out of those. Last tyre for my bike, £28 for one and I will be lucky to get 4,000 mile out of it.

works out bike tyre is 11.2 x more expensive than van tyre - what a rip off[/QUOTE]

Ha! We do exactly the same for our little car. We use it very little so the last set we bought has lasted years!

 

[slowmotion]

My last van tyre cost £48 including fitting and balancing. The most expensive bike tyre that I ever bought cost about half that and I had to fit it myself after taking off the old one. I got quite a lot less rubber for my money. The former was "Utility", the latter "Lifestyle", and was priced accordingly.

 

[DRHysted]

Last car tyre I gave the fitter the instruction "cheapest decent tyre".
I do spend some effort on bike tyres, reading reviews of other users before purchasing. But then I used to do research before purchasing motorcycle tyres, probably because we only have two small contacts for grip, whereas the car has four larger.

 

[Grant Fondo]

[QUOTE 4779382, member: 9609"]I get my van tyres from the scrapies, last two I bought 5.5mm tread, £25 for the pair fitted and balanced and I will get 20,000 miles out of those. Last tyre for my bike, £28 for one and I will be lucky to get 4,000 mile out of it.

works out bike tyre is 11.2 x more expensive than van tyre - what a rip off[/QUOTE]
Ok my stats are a bit different as I have bought both this week:
Car tyre - £189.99 Bridgestone run flat
Bike tyre - £19.99 Schwalbe Durano 28x700c
Therefore car tyre = 9.5 x more expensive

 

[Drago]

I go for decent rubber and research stopping distances etc. My life is worth more than fifty quid saved.

I replace them at 3mm, the point at which the tread ceases to function duento water incompressibility.

 

[raleighnut]

Last time I was responsible for changing the tyres on a car was with my ex and I specced Michelin tyres for it, the guy at the tyre fitters said "I can get some much cheaper than that" but I insisted "He said but these will last much longer as well, those Michelin don't wear well" and he was right but the ones I wanted had fantastic grip and he didn't know that Pamela had terrible driving technique where she would enter a corner a bit too fast (for her liking) so she would lift off or even brake mid corner, how the car (a sprightly little 1360 Peugeot 205) didn't go into 'lift off oversteer' and end up in a ditch I'll never know but it needed tyres that would hang on like limpets.

 

[Cal44]

Some quite interesting replies, well at least to me!

I myself tend to go mid range on the car as I have found the brand which my local garage uses to be very good in the corners and last well too, so I keep going back as I unfortunately have to do a lot of miles for my job. They are £50+vat for each one, and like was mentioned above for how long they last I have often found myself thinking that bike tyres are quite expensive in comparison. I hadn't ever considered the economies of scale to be honest.....

However like I mentioned in the OP I have been spending a bit of time researching bike tyres and mulling which over one to go for, probably much longer than necessary! A decision will be made soon!

 

[montroseloon]

I go for the mid-range tyre but then again I own a roller-skate on wheels. Bike tyres tend to be look for good ones in the sales and hope for the best.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I know as much about my car tyres as I do about the engine management system ... Nothing.