IDT Tyre Wear

[Slave]

A  mate of mine e-mailed me a couple days ago. He was looking for a back wheel. When I enquired why, he said he had got an IDT and the tyre wear was big. So he got other tyres but it's a ballache changing tyres.

 

Is tyre wear on an IDT higher than on the road?

 

What is normal?

 

 

[TNT1]

 

 

What is normal?

 

 

 

  Asking that on this forum? Did you manage to keep a straight face whilst typing that?

 

[Wonder Woman]

Hey slavey...yip, wear on the tyre on the IDT is a lot more than the road. So a spare wheel with an IDT specific tyre is the best way to go!!

[droo]

Normal riding wears tyres out quite evenly, but on an IDT there's no cornering, so no leaning, so the tyre wears flat in the middle. This is why you get IDT specific tyres.

 

 

 

But changing tyres is a ballache, so some folk have a spare bike, and others a spare wheel. It doesn't have to be an amazing one, any old cheap and cheerful one will do.

[AndreZA]

YOu get a special Conti tyre for indoor trainers. It is harder then normal rubber and also quiter. It's yellow so you will also not forget it on the bike if you need to go out.

[1hill@aTime]

i have to disagree with that, i can't see any wear on my tyre and have put in huge k's on the IDT, it all depends on how hard you have you back wheel against the spinning thingy(lol i sound like a chick), and if your wheel is inflatted to the correct psi....

 

[TNT1]

 

i have to disagree with that' date=' i can't see any wear on my tyre and have put in huge k's on the IDT, it all depends on how hard you have you back wheel against the spinning thingy(lol i sound like a chick), and if your wheel is inflatted to the correct psi....

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Zigackly. Or just get rid of the idt and get rollers...

 

[Nialls101]

What's an indoor trainer? he he he

[TNT1]

 

YOu get a special Conti tyre for indoor trainers. It is harder then normal rubber and also quiter. It's yellow so you will also not forget it on the bike if you need to go out.

 

What happens if you leave it on, and ride it on the road? Will you send your mtb nazi's to slap the dude?

 

[Slave]

I can see logic in most things and understand that there's little cornering thus flat spots developing on the tyres.

 

However, I also fail to understand that it should be excessive on an IDT unless there is some setup problem.

 

TNT, yeah, I did wonder about the comments I would get ITO the "normal" comment  and who would reve me the most about it.

 

I have simple philosophies on life and one of them is: WHy normal be?"

Another is: "It's never too late to have a happy childhood."

 

Thanks all, I'll chat to my bud. Convince him there is something seriously wrong with his IDT and he needs to hand it over to me for forensic investigations which will take the rest of winter to sort.

 

 

[AndreZA]

 

YOu get a special Conti tyre for indoor trainers. It is harder then normal rubber and also quiter. It's yellow so you will also not forget it on the bike if you need to go out.

What happens if you leave it on' date=' and ride it on the road? Will you send your mtb nazi's to slap the dude?[/quote']

 

 

 

You can if you want to, you just must not forget to take you lycra booties aswell. No use looking like half a twat when you can look a complete one.

[TNT1]

 

 

YOu get a special Conti tyre for indoor trainers. It is harder then normal rubber and also quiter. It's yellow so you will also not forget it on the bike if you need to go out.

What happens if you leave it on' date=' and ride it on the road? Will you send your mtb nazi's to slap the dude?[/quote']

 

 

 

You can if you want to, you just must not forget to take you lycra booties aswell. No use looking like half a twat when you can look a complete one.

 

No way. I save my lycra booties exclusively for use when on the MTB...

 

[Wonder Woman]

On that tyre, he wouldn't make it to the group

[Minion]

The tyre can experience more heat on the IDT, both due to the lack of (or reduced) cooling airflow and because heat is stored in a single roller (vs. spread out over a whole road).

 

The shape of the contact between the tyre and the roller is also different. On the road you get an essentially flat contact patch, whereas on the IDT it's concave. I believe (without having looked at any figures to confirm if this is true) that this will increase the stress experienced by the tyre rubber. The increased deformation will also increase the amount of heat generated at the interface.