May 11, 20206 yr I checked the date stamps on the bike, the bike is a '13 and tyres are 2011 and 2012, I guess they should be replaced with new rubber, although they have virtually no wear, thoughts???
May 11, 20206 yr Author Ah that was 5 yrs ago, tbh I'd never really thought about how old they were as they"look" new , so it's a yes then?
May 11, 20206 yr Partly depends on storage, as some of the ageing is from uv. 6 years is the common advice for road vehicles, no idea for trials most are worn out in under a year.
May 12, 20206 yr If you have a buddy with relatively new tires on their bike you could compare them... If they seem a lot harder then maybe change them.
May 12, 20206 yr Where I live, the only time my trials tyres see daylight is when I'm out riding and it takes about 5 years from new for Michelin X11 to go hard enough to noticeably lose performance and about 15 years to when they start falling apart
May 12, 20206 yr 14 hours ago, teamferret said: When you are 50. 55, surely? - unless they are the Lite version!
May 12, 20206 yr Depends how competitive you are. I can notice a slight hardening of the rubber to the touch after a year. I can notice a slight performance drop in a couple of years old tyre, but i typically practice on tyres 5 or so years old and they are more than adequate. I have tyres on my older bikes over 10 years old that do the job of thrashing about, but if i was going to compete on them id put on a fresher tyre Edited May 12, 20206 yr by faussy
May 12, 20206 yr Author The ones I have are probably more the acceptable, but I think I'll put new ones on to eliminate any excuses ??
May 13, 20206 yr On 5/11/2020 at 11:38 PM, retromlc said: I checked the date stamps on the bike, the bike is a '13 and tyres are 2011 and 2012, I guess they should be replaced with new rubber, although they have virtually no wear, thoughts??? Thoughts? Its not a road bike, you are not travelling along tarmac at 60mph, save some money and give them a go.
May 13, 20206 yr Author I've had the bike from. almost new, only 30hr on meter,most things have no wear but just doing a refresh
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