relative cost/usage between bicycle tires and automobile tires

In article ,
David Reuteler wrote:

Matt O'Toole wrote:
Anonymous wrote:

What exactly are we paying for that makes up the enormous difference
in cost/mile between car tires and bicycle tires?

Marketing, and the willingness of others to pay the price.

yea, they're immune to that in carland.

There's a couple of noteworthy answers, but they come down to this:

market volume, and you want stickier rubber on bike tires.

The same thing crops up on motorcycle tires: a reasonable mid-priced
sport tire is about US$150-$200, and it goes up from there. and they
don't last very long at all.

On the other hand, the wretched Marathons on my Tercel will slide with
minimal provocation, a tic made less scary only by the fact that cars
are statically stable.

The sacrifice in tread life is an excellent compromise in exchange for
the much better grip of most bike tires. As for the volume costs, when
most bikes on this continent get their tires replaced every two or three
years, then we can talk.

--
Ryan Cousineau, http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 01:30:55 GMT, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
Carl: In all seriousness, I don't even know how they can ship something as
heavy and bulky as a car tire for what they charge for cheap ones. It's a
total mystery to me.

The cheap 13" tire for a Tercel probably ships _inside_ a 20" tire
for a semi.

At the consumer end, the over-riding desire that trumps all other
considerations is that they want the same tire that came on the bike. No

Drat! I hate being just like every other random consumer. Still, I'm
very happy with the tires that came on the bike...
--
Rick Onanian

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 01:30:55 GMT, "Mike Jacoubowsky"
wrote:
Carl: In all seriousness, I don't even know how they can ship something as
heavy and bulky as a car tire for what they charge for cheap ones. It's a
total mystery to me.

The cheap 13" tire for a Tercel probably ships _inside_ a 20" tire
for a semi.

At the consumer end, the over-riding desire that trumps all other
considerations is that they want the same tire that came on the bike. No

Drat! I hate being just like every other random consumer. Still, I'm
very happy with the tires that came on the bike...
--
Rick Onanian

Rick Onanian wrote:
[snip]
Drat! I hate being just like every other random consumer. Still, I'm
very happy with the tires that came on the bike...
--
Rick Onanian


Dear Rick

Remember, you're unique (just like everyone else)

Carl Foge


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Rick Onanian wrote:
[snip]
Drat! I hate being just like every other random consumer. Still, I'm
very happy with the tires that came on the bike...
--
Rick Onanian


Dear Rick

Remember, you're unique (just like everyone else)

Carl Foge


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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:22:47 GMT, carlfogel
may have said:

Rick Onanian wrote:
[snip]
Drat! I hate being just like every other random consumer. Still, I'm
very happy with the tires that came on the bike...
--
Rick Onanian



Dear Rick,

Remember, you're unique (just like everyone else).

pythonI'm not!/python

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On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:22:47 GMT, carlfogel
may have said:

Rick Onanian wrote:
[snip]
Drat! I hate being just like every other random consumer. Still, I'm
very happy with the tires that came on the bike...
--
Rick Onanian



Dear Rick,

Remember, you're unique (just like everyone else).

pythonI'm not!/python

--
My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail.
Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature.
Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.

charles ramsey wrote:
You can get about five times the life with a kevlar belted tire.

How's that work? How does the rubber know there's kevlar underneath it?
--
David Damerell flcl?

charles ramsey wrote:
You can get about five times the life with a kevlar belted tire.

How's that work? How does the rubber know there's kevlar underneath it?
--
David Damerell flcl?

David Damerell wrote:

charles ramsey wrote:
You can get about five times the life with a kevlar belted tire.

How's that work? How does the rubber know there's kevlar underneath it?

Perhaps the kevlar layer prevents the rubber from flexing as much, reducing
the "scrubbing motion" on the road surface?

--
Benjamin Lewis

"Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips
over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."
--Matt Groening