Expected tyre life

[helston90]

Nearly 12 months ago stuck on a pair of Vittoria Rubino tyres, the rear has now started showing threads if I look inside cuts so decided to bin it before I start getting problems.

That tyre cost me £11 and has done 2400 all weather commuting/ sportive/ leisure rides without a single puncture.

I'm pretty happy with that mileage, although I wondered if a double price tyre would last twice as long? How many miles is typical out of all year round use? (I know this is very subjective)

 

[Drago]

I get about the same from Contis and Schwalbe on me commuter.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Pay double the price and the tyre will last half the distance your Rubino has, the more expensive tyres are so because they are lighter weight and geared for performance rather than reliability. 2400 is good going for a back tyre, I've taken a Vredestein Fortezza Tricomp through to the canvas in less than 1000 miles.

 

[MrWill]

Has me wondering why I have recently bought some GP4000 for 3x the price

 

[slowmotion]

I had a pair of GP Four Seasons that cost £35 in a sale, a huge discount. They should have been about fifty quid. I'm on Rubinos now, under £10 each almost everywhere. It gets to the point where they are not that much more than an inner tube. Don't grieve when you have to replace them. The rubber probably gets re-cycled.

 

[helston90]

Don't grieve when you have to replace them.

This was my thinking- I am far happier to pay £10 every 2,000-2,500 miles than I am having to explain to my kids why they must eat rice for a week but don't worry daddy has blown £80 on a pair of tyres.

 

[John the Monkey]

This was my thinking- I am far happier to pay £10 every 2,000-2,500 miles than I am having to explain to my kids why they must eat rice for a week but don't worry daddy has blown £80 on a pair of tyres.

Depends what you want out of them.

Long lived tyres tend to have harder compound, so there'll be slightly less grip; cheaper tyres tend to have less flexible carcasses, so they'll "feel" a little worse than a pricier tyre.

My personal favourites (on the "quick" bike, at least) are Krylion carbons (nice balance of longevity & feel) and Pro Race, which are just an amazing upgrade in terms of the feel of the bike (imo, at least). Not cheap, but the bike they go on isn't a high mileage machine (and I wait for offers to pick them up).

That said, my favourite tyre on the commuter is Continental's Comfort Contact (in 42c) - £15 for the pair, really nice rolling, and hardwearing enough, at that price.

 

[migrantwing]

I used to use Specialized All Condition Armadillo 23c tyres. Someone gave me some used ones years ago. They had used them on their bike for 2 years and averaged 50-70 miles a week. I had them on my bike for a few years and probably did around 500 miles on them. I recently transferred them to the missus' new bike as they were hanging up on my outhouse wall and, although the sidewalls are a bit grubby, they're still going strong. When I bought my new bike, it came with Schwalbe Durano S on the front and Durano Plus on the rear, both 23c. These have been through ALL types of weather conditions and road conditions, even harsh gravel paths more suited to MTB's a few times. Even my old riding buddy couldn't believe that I've not suffered a p******e with them as they are basically racing tyres. Fantastic tyres. Both brands of tyres are great, but you pay for the name/quality/p******e resistance. I will probably give the Vittoria Rubino Pro's a go when it comes to getting new tyres, just to see how they are and to save a little money, but for a balance between speed, comfort and p******e protection, the Schwalbe have been amazing!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I would normally expect a year from a back and two years from the front, my normal routine is to put a new tyre on the front every 12 months, put the old front tyre on the back and ditch the old back tyre.
Over the last few years I've been using the now discontinued Bontrager Race Lite Hardcase, they've been very good, I'm doing 4-5000 miles a year and they reduced the punctures to about a couple a year, I've now put a Bontrager AW1 Hard Case Lite on the front of the fixed and I'm going to see how that goes.

http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/Bontrager-AW1-Hard-Case-Road-Tyre

 

[Moodyman]

I was on 7500 miles on a pair of M+ When the bike got nicked. The rear had another 3k in them I reckon. I'm 18 stone and these were all weather commuting miles.

they cost £16 in sale but were a naff ride and heavy to get rolling.

 

[MikeW-71]

I've a pair of GP4000S that are at 3000 miles now and there's plenty of rubber left yet.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Front 23c Gatorskins 8,000 miles and still going without a puncture, cost about £22-23 on the net, rear died after a stone took a chunk out of the casing at about 6,500, only two pinch punctures and one failed patch on the rear in all that distance, so you can guess what I will be using. I replaced the rear with a 25c and 1,300 miles without a puncture, what more can I say.