Comments on: Tire Wear and The Magic Carpet Ride

By: Brian P

Brian P — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:54:07 +0000

What I do is move the front tire to the rear, once it’s close to finished, and then add a new one on the front. As a heavier rider (180 pounds), it seems to work out about right as far when I need to replace them. I would definitely not want to descend a road like Kings Mountain with a close to bald front tire!

By: Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:07:04 +0000

Sounds good – I think I’m in. /tim

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:03:17 +0000

Just us. I’ve done it by myself the last two years, leaving very early. I’m usually half way down when I pass the big groups. I may even move the time to 6:30 if we’re leaving from my place.

By: willy in pacifica

willy in pacifica — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:53:02 +0000

7am on New Years day. Is that a annual group ride or just you guys?

By: BR

BR — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:08:28 +0000

New Year’s Day, 7am at Michael’s. I prefer to ride from Michael’s but let’s see how the weather looks that week. I need that warm up spin before the climb. Heavy weather that morning cancels the ride for me but wet roads from the day or night before won’t cancel.

By: Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:25:02 +0000

Hey Brendan and Michael – I’d love to come along for that Mt. Hamilton ride – please keep me posted!

By: Michelangelo Russo

Michelangelo Russo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:03:44 +0000

I agree, fantastic tires! I’ve just done 7,000 Km. on mine before replacing them with more of the same …. thanks conti!

By: BR

BR — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:11:35 +0000

That’s a tough(er) ride with snow in the mix as they used to sand the roadway and that made for some dicey descents. Too cold for me. How about I take the Audi and offer encouragement from the passenger seat? Those seats are heated right? I do desperately need to ride an actual bike on an actual road very soon. 3 weeks of flu in the house, turkey flavored everything, 7am Spin classes with people that don’t use indicators let alone actual bikes, horrid CA weather, and a calendar that has two-three events scribbled into each little square. Does Rapha produce a calendar with smaller squares?

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:19:23 +0000

I wouldn’t discount anything that Sheldon said but I think its pretty safe to even out the wear on a set of tires over their life. I’d never try and squeeze mileage out of tires at the expense of safety

By: Velodramatic

Velodramatic — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:15:54 +0000

Yes, that tire definitely saved the day and it’s a good use for the better of the two tires in any set that’s being replaced. For a minute I wondered if you’d been up on Hamilton this morning, funny because I wondered if the road was still open today with the snow up there. We need to do that ride one day when the road is open and there’s snow up there.