Storing Tyres

[Scilly Suffolk]

Just thinking ahead to when the Winter tyres come off.

They have plenty of life left in them, so do you have any tips for storing them until next Winter?

Off the top of my head, I'd think keeping them out of sunlight and away from heat sources.

What about wrapping them or applying some sort of treatment?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Alembicbassman]

Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber care makes them look like new - Good for the car too

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

But does it preserve them in any way?

 

[Alembicbassman]

....Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care conditions and protects interior and exterior surfaces and forms a tough, but flexible, anti-static barrier against moisture, dust, oxidation, staining and fading.

http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=HE

 

[Davidc]

I keep my spare ones in the back of the garage. No sunlight and little light of any sort, occasionally gets hot (up to 30 deg) but not often, never down to freezing point.They're either suspended on a couple of bungees from the roof with no wrapping, or on my tube checking rims* fully inflated.

They seem to keep for years with no problem.

*The ones I put repaired inner tubes onto to check them. One old 700c and one old 26"

 

[Smokin Joe]

I keep my spare ones in the back of the garage. No sunlight and little light of any sort,

That's how pro teams store tubulars, often for a few years at a time to mature the rubber and make them more puncture resistant.

 

[Davidc]

That's how pro teams store tubulars, often for a few years at a time to mature the rubber and make them more puncture resistant.

In the (far off) days when I used them I did too - but they never stayed long enough to test the quality of storage. Damned things used to get punctures without any need for anything sharp in them.

 

[Smokin Joe]

In the (far off) days when I used them I did too - but they never stayed long enough to test the quality of storage. Damned things used to get punctures without any need for anything sharp in them.

You didn't make the mistake of buying Kowalit tubs too, did you?

 

[Scilly Suffolk]

I have reason to beleive that Smeggers and Adrian aren't taking this seriously!

Names have been noted...

 

[tyred]

No sunlight is the important point.

 

[Davidc]

You didn't make the mistake of buying Kowalit tubs too, did you?

Not sure, but they were a peculiar name, as recommended by the TT team captain at the club I went to.

They were light and narow, but a complete pain just above the top of the Brooks B15. Used them with a pair of French manufctured alloy wheels (can't recall the brand name). So - in normal use I had a bike with tyres that gripped in the wet but brakes that didn't, whereas in TT kit out it had brakes that worked in the wet but tyres that didn't grip.

Rain or shine those tyres punctured by themselves, downhill at speed was their speciality.

How did you get on with them?

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not sure, but they were a peculiar name, as recommended by the TT team captain at the club I went to.

They were light and narow, but a complete pain just above the top of the Brooks B15. Used them with a pair of French manufctured alloy wheels (can't recall the brand name). So - in normal use I had a bike with tyres that gripped in the wet but brakes that didn't, whereas in TT kit out it had brakes that worked in the wet but tyres that didn't grip.

Rain or shine those tyres punctured by themselves, downhill at speed was their speciality.

How did you get on with them?

Kowalits had no grip, rode like a mountain bike tyre, wouldn't sit on the rim properly and punctured if you showed them something sharp. Apart from that they were fine.