Tarty white tyres
- Thread starter redjedi
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mickle
innit
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White is soo 2004 anyway.
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
They look good Gaz. Would like to see what they look like on the bike though 
Perhaps I'll see you on one of the Sunday rides. Are you coming this week?
I think the ones I just ordered are slightly different. These have white sidewalls all the way to the bead with just the thin black strip through the middle.
If you could see my wardrobe you would realise that I never follow fashion. Eventually everything comes back in anyway
Perhaps I'll see you on one of the Sunday rides. Are you coming this week?
I think the ones I just ordered are slightly different. These have white sidewalls all the way to the bead with just the thin black strip through the middle.
mickle said:
If you could see my wardrobe you would realise that I never follow fashion. Eventually everything comes back in anyway
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
Only just got mine the other day and haven't been out on the bike since, so not even put the wheels back on the bike.
Mine are Vittoria Rubino Pro I and not Pro II
Mine are Vittoria Rubino Pro I and not Pro II
kfinlay
Must Try Harder
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
If you have a mainly white bike then the tyres will go a cream colour even when you clean them up and will not look good against the white - my bike is red but has some white decals and I won't be getting white tyres again - red for me next.
Someone once told me that they would stay white just long enough for you to think they are do-able and then they will go cream and just annoy you from then on - how right he was
If you really want them I was advised to clean with CIF - never tried it as not sure if it would react with the rubber compound or not.
HTH
Someone once told me that they would stay white just long enough for you to think they are do-able and then they will go cream and just annoy you from then on - how right he was
If you really want them I was advised to clean with CIF - never tried it as not sure if it would react with the rubber compound or not.
HTH
gaz
Cycle Camera TV
- Location
- South Croydon
kfinlay said:If you have a mainly white bike then the tyres will go a cream colour even when you clean them up and will not look good against the white - my bike is red but has some white decals and I won't be getting white tyres again - red for me next.
Someone once told me that they would stay white just long enough for you to think they are do-able and then they will go cream and just annoy you from then on - how right he was
If you really want them I was advised to clean with CIF - never tried it as not sure if it would react with the rubber compound or not.
HTH
It's a shame it won't go with my greasy white bar tape!
Got my tyres on Monday and hung them up overnight to straighten out. Decided to fit them the following night and it wasn't a moment too soon.
On the way home on Tuesday I could feel my front tyre going down. Stopped at a bike shop and pumped it up and could hear the air escaping, but I wasn't going to fight to change my tube when I would have to do it again when I got home, so pumped it up and raced home as fast as I could.
They weren't too bad getting on, a bit easier than the cheaper Vittorias that came with the bike, and they look lovely on my bike
They do get dirty quite easily but after 2 1/2 commutes they don't look too bad. I found myself aiming for the occasional puddle to rinse any loose dirt off.
They feel nice to ride so far although I haven't pushed them yet due to it being wet.
Roll on the dry weather as there are a couple of corners on an alternative route home which are really fast and sweeping, a real test of tyre grip
On the way home on Tuesday I could feel my front tyre going down. Stopped at a bike shop and pumped it up and could hear the air escaping, but I wasn't going to fight to change my tube when I would have to do it again when I got home, so pumped it up and raced home as fast as I could.
They weren't too bad getting on, a bit easier than the cheaper Vittorias that came with the bike, and they look lovely on my bike
They do get dirty quite easily but after 2 1/2 commutes they don't look too bad. I found myself aiming for the occasional puddle to rinse any loose dirt off.
They feel nice to ride so far although I haven't pushed them yet due to it being wet.
Roll on the dry weather as there are a couple of corners on an alternative route home which are really fast and sweeping, a real test of tyre grip
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
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- Farnborough, Hampshire
redjedi said:
really, now there's a surprise!
potsy
Rambler
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- My Armchair
You don't saySimonC said:I've posted on here before about putting my Michelin Pro 3's in white in the washing machine, after they went all manky after a season on the road. Came out spotless and gleaming white.
Still good advice
Missus was out at the time.....
