Normal wear and tear?

[ChristoErasmus]

Hi Everyone,

 

If the tyre in the attached photo was yours, would you think that the cracks starting to show is normal wear and

tear considering that the tyre is not even a year old?

 

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

[Popit]

Very normal , especially if you ride rocky areas , or lowish pressure .

Nothing to stress about .

[Me rida my bicycle]

Looking at the lines on the side wall you like running at low pressure?

I would not be happy with the cracking but with tyre's it's difficult to so easy to say wear and tear because the tyres goes through a lot on the trails.

I would just replace it get those vittoria 's from around R450. That is not worth the effort and pain of arguing with them lbs. But that's just me.

[fanievb]

Hi Everyone,

 

If the tyre in the attached photo was yours, would you think that the cracks starting to show is normal wear and

tear considering that the tyre is not even a year old?

 

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

 

pressure too low.

 

vittoria has a min pressure of 2bar

[ChristoErasmus]

pressure too low.

 

vittoria has a min pressure of 2bar

I run a little over 2 bar.

[porqui]

Read Sheldon Brown about tyres

 

Very informative

Sheldon is your goto for anything bicycle

[Headshot]

Some people wear tyres out in a week or two doing gravity events... if you're a typical SA Marathon rider a year is probably doing pretty well I'd say. Lighter tyres with thinner sidewalls start showing that kind of wear pretty quickly.

[ChristoErasmus]

Looking at the lines on the side wall you like running at low pressure?

I would not be happy with the cracking but with tyre's it's difficult to so easy to say wear and tear because the tyres goes through a lot on the trails.

I would just replace it get those vittoria 's from around R450. That is not worth the effort and pain of arguing with them lbs. But that's just me.

I run a little over 2 bar.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Yep, normal wear and tear. That's normally from tyre roll which occurs when your tyres are ever so slightly under-pressure for your weight / speed / cornering style. 

[Tankman]

Sheldon is your goto for anything bicycle

 

So delete the Hub then?

[Headshot]

So delete the Hub then?

Unlike the Bikehub, Sheldon has passed away and his info gets more out of date by the year.

[ChristoErasmus]

Unlike the Bikehub, Sheldon has passed away and his info gets more out of date by the year.

 

 

So delete the Hub then?

 

Oh Boy! Opening up the snake pit here... Let's not go down there.

 

I think the Hub is the right place, same country with enough people to throw random comments into the pot.

 

Thanks Guys!

[DieselnDust]

its a common Vittoria wear and tear due to too low pressure.

[Guyleroiuk]

Don't expect my tyres to last a year cycling mtb 6 hours per week. Running at just over 2 bar. Changed tyres just before wine2whales having just done a race few weeks before at Paul Cluver. Those s bends went from being seriously tricky to very easy just down to having more tread. If only my suv's tyres cost those of an mtb.....seriously considered shipping a container of suv tyres and selling them at a proper price like everywhere else in the world. Serious little cartel going on here but I digress....