Davidc
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Impossible to answer. It's how-long-is-a-piece-of-string sort of question.
Depends on the type of use, type of roads (or presumably paths or terrain) type of tyres, and luck.
In days when I used to tour a lot (a while ago) I used the basic 27" Michelin road tyres, and when going around with 25kg of kit rarely got more than 2,500 miles from them, whereas on the same bike commuting I used to get about 5000.
In recent years I've used Schwalbe Marathons and got between 7000 and 14000 miles from them. There are exceptions though. Get a bad cut from bits of metal, glass etc. and you write them off in one at any age. The pair of Marathons that only did 7000 miles were a few years ago when we had a hot summer (remember them?) and they went soft. So did a lot of road surfaces, which probably contributed to their deterioration.
I can't be sure but I think I've lost more tyres to mechanical damage than to wearing out. The Marathons on my Dawes Horizon came off a previous bike and have now done about 6000 miles. The front one looks like new, the back one is more worn (quite normal) and has picked up a load of small (<1mm) cuts this summer. I picked loads of tiny bits of glass out but how come it's the back only? I'll replace that one before the winter.
Impossible to answer. It's how-long-is-a-piece-of-string sort of question.
Depends on the type of use, type of roads (or presumably paths or terrain) type of tyres, and luck.
In days when I used to tour a lot (a while ago) I used the basic 27" Michelin road tyres, and when going around with 25kg of kit rarely got more than 2,500 miles from them, whereas on the same bike commuting I used to get about 5000.
In recent years I've used Schwalbe Marathons and got between 7000 and 14000 miles from them. There are exceptions though. Get a bad cut from bits of metal, glass etc. and you write them off in one at any age. The pair of Marathons that only did 7000 miles were a few years ago when we had a hot summer (remember them?) and they went soft. So did a lot of road surfaces, which probably contributed to their deterioration.
I can't be sure but I think I've lost more tyres to mechanical damage than to wearing out. The Marathons on my Dawes Horizon came off a previous bike and have now done about 6000 miles. The front one looks like new, the back one is more worn (quite normal) and has picked up a load of small (<1mm) cuts this summer. I picked loads of tiny bits of glass out but how come it's the back only? I'll replace that one before the winter.
