The tired tyre

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[young Ed]

new tyre
some people only get 5,000 miles out of the worse wheels
Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

what bike is it with neon pink forks BTW? maybe a full bike pic? i'm guessing vintage by the 10mm i can see of the forks
Cheers Ed

 

[ianrauk]

I am running Armadillo's on my commute bike at the moment.
Tough as old boots, but once they start to go, they go very quickly.

 

[young Ed]

[QUOTE 2994025, member: 9609"]A chance to show off my bicycle - it be a thing of beauty. A real bike

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love it looks just great
looks a wee bit funny with drops and a super long quill stem at that height!
oh and i love you stand
Cheers Ed

 

[Accy cyclist]

How old is your bike Reiver? (I'd say about 25). Anything over 5 years old and young Ed has it down as "vintage"!

 

[Dragonwight]

I had a car tyre do the exact same thing years ago looked just like that it split right down the middle you could get your arm in it.

 

[Dragonwight]

No it wasn't a remould although the spooky thing about it was a car crashed in the exact spot I broke down less than an hour later in the same model car, driven by a guy who was the same age and who was friends with the friend I had just been to see and who came out with a mallet to bang the wheel off cos it was stuck. The crash put the guy in a permanent coma I believe.

 

[Mr Celine]

Both my bikes came with armadillos (nimbus on my Sirrus and Roubaix on my, err Roubaix) and all 4 supplied tyres delaminated. None of them lasted anything like 5000 miles nor were any of them visibly worn out when the tread started falling off. In my opinion they are dangerous. They also give a bone hard ride. On the plus side only one of them ever had a puncture but then nothing can stop hawthorns.

I take it you were out here?

 

[HLaB]

I cant recall but I think the original Nimbus that came on my old sirrus lasted about the same time, it probably would have lsted longer but I was wanting to try narrower and grippier tyres.

 

[Mr Celine]

[QUOTE 2996175, member: 9609"]Yes, both the Avatar and the pic of the bike were taken there, my favourite road. The tyre thing was down wooler way. I take it you know the road ?[/QUOTE]
I recognised the view of the Cheviot in the background. I've never cycled on that road, but I do occaisionally do the 4 Abbeys Route which is a 60 miler from my house. Next time I'll go that way for a change.