On 4/7/2020 11:31 AM, Mark J. wrote:
On 4/7/2020 5:31 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
On Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:55:23 -0500,
AMuzi wrote:
On 4/6/2020 6:17 PM, Andy wrote:
I use my mountain bike mostly on roads and am thinking of
getting some road tires.

Will the tread last as long as mtb tires ?

Probably more but in my experience worn-through-tread is a
failure mostly found on children's CB bicycles. Your
typical
adult bike tires more often fail from sidewall cuts or
road
debris.

Interesting. Maybe it's not within the realm of what you
consider
typical adult bike tires, but the last half dozen tandem
tires
I've replaced have all been the rear--and due to cord
showing on
the center of the tread. My wife and I stand to climb
quite a
lot, so that may be a factor in the wear.

As an aside, it's always the rear that needs replacing,
because
when it's time to change I rotate the old front tire to
the back
and put the new one on the front.

This was my tandem tire experience as well, but I think it's
fair to call tandems an outlier.

I also remember that front tandem tires wore more
off-center. This was in the days (80s) that almost all
heavier tires had a raised center strip for wear. Tires on
the front of my tandem wore disproportionately to either
side of that strip. Cornering stress, I assumed at the time.

Mark J.


I thought that as well but the omniscient Jobst Brandt
straightened me out. It's just the crown of the road not
cornering wear.

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