Tyre weight

[Yellow Saddle]

After all the discussion I was checking over the bike last night and found that a small section of the front tyre, about 3cm, has come away from the bead and is bulging out when pumped up to 80 PSI. It's probably because when I change a puncture some months back out on a run I didn't set the wheel back on the forks right and it was rubbing on something for a few miles before I figured out what the noise was. I reset the wheel but noticed that it had caused some wear damage to the tyre.

To be on the safe side I'm going to change the front tyre as I don't want to risk anything disastrous happening when out on a ride miles from home.

I was thinking of only changing the front tyre or would I be better changing both? There's plenty of life in the rear tyre yet.

Only change what's needed to change.

 

[sannesley]

Only change what's needed to change.

Thanks for the reply Yellow Saddle. That's made up my mind for me. Now for a browse on Wiggle

 

[Venod]

Having tried numerous brands of tyres over the years at various widths, I have never noticed much difference until I fitted some Vittoria Diamante Radials, I had them in the garage for a while and was a bit nervous about fitting them as various reports said the cornering characteristics and wear was abysmal, although some write ups were favourable, all I can say is WOW, I find the comfort and low rolling resistance much better than any other tyre I have tried, they felt stable in the corners, will have to see how they wear but I am already looking to get some more (wear rate dependent) I fitted 24mm they came up at 25mm on my H Plus Son rims, it looks from reading the reports that these tyres are like Marmite you either love them or hate them, so I won't recommend them for everybody, they do run at a higher pressure than cross ply.