Road tyre prices - what happened

[Spinnekop]

I’m calling bs on gp4000s II at R450 unless this was a cwcycles special on sanded off serial number tyres. The normal price for those tyres is R900ea and they are a high performance light weight tyre.

There are cheaper options

Also.

 

I don't think there are CHEAPER options.....

I get around 20km per R1 worth

Or 5c per kilometer would be a better description

With maybe 2 punctures.

[Shebeen]

both international and local prices of tyres have skyrocketed.

 

I can remember buying off CRC about 4/5 years ago when sales were on just because i knew i would need them eventually.

 

Now if you look at the RRP, all the decent UST tyres are 50-60GBP, that's R1200 each.

You can get them on sale but it doesn't get much better than local pricing.

 

that just seems like it's got to be more of a global issue.

TYRE cartel in taiwan?

 

 

the fact that GOODYEAR have returned to the bike tyre industry after 120 years and only gone for the super premium shows me that there is plenty of fat in the deal here.

the fact that Chaoyang is an option also shows that there is margin!

 

edit: i know this is about road tyres, but i've seen the same thing for MTB tyres so think it is relevant

[fabs]

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