Vredenstein tyres

[Monsieur Remings]

Okay, bought these around 6-7 months back, primarily for autumn racing. A few hundred miles later and the rear looks really cut up;I had been out on the road too but these tyres had honestly done no more than 400 or so miles.

Anyway (like a mug) a few months back I replace the rear and since then have done less than half that on the new rear and...I realise when I get home today that there's this awkward lump inside the tyre...a massive lump in fact. I thought it was some pinch or bulge in the inner but had just returned from a 50+ miler..? Upon closer inspection I realise that there is an air(?) pocket of trapped air inside the tyre itself and that there is nowt wrong with the inner. Now this is the inner part of the tyre where there's the section that effectively has most contact with the road when on the straight, right through the centre of the tyre; it's reinforced but seems to have air or something trapped causing a bulge. I've tried to look up the technical term for this central part of the tyre but with no joy!

Now, I need to know whether this is worth taking up with Ribble (who in turn can take it up with Vredenstein) or whether this bizarre occurrence is not so bizarre and it's just never happened to me; perhaps the result of damage inflicted by our shoot roads. Will try and get a picture up but anyone know what on earth this could be?

And whatever the outcome, don't buy them anyway if you're sorely tempted.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

And to add even more weirdness, have just bought the faulty tyre in with a view to sending it off to Ribble and the bulge/air pocket has completely disappeared...?

 

[dan_bo]

Put down the bifter.

 

[inkd]

I was looking at a pair of Vredenstein tyres but went for GP4000 instead from Ribble. Can you not take a pic and contact Ribble? Sounds like a manufacturing defect.

 

[Soltydog]

Not the tri comps by any chance? I had a pair & was very unimpressed with them I went for the blue & black versions, & after 6 months or so, the blue & black rubber started seperating. Never thought of going back to supplier, just binned them & put it down to experience

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Not the tri comps by any chance? I had a pair & was very unimpressed with them I went for the blue & black versions, & after 6 months or so, the blue & black rubber started seperating. Never thought of going back to supplier, just binned them & put it down to experience

Yep, Tricomp Fortezza and yes, they're shite.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Funny that, used them for years and never had a problem though the rears didn't have a particularly long life which I forgave as they rode so well. Either you are unlucky with a couple of duffers or the quality has gone down.

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Good to see a post from you Joe, hope you well fella. I actually think that they ride very well, good handling and they did the job through the autumn on some very rainy race days but this recent thing is really strange, plus the fact that they do seem to cut up very easily (and way before time even compared with something like the Michelin Pro 3s).