New Tires

[Grumpy Goat]

Sometimes I keep one set. I only remember one time that I remounted the old tires.
After a few years of not using the old tires I set them out on the curb and someone usually picks them up.
Two years ago I had tires shipped to a place we stay in the Texas Hill Country.
The guy has a tire changer. One of the guys in our group needed to buy a rear tire for his trip home to Kansas. I told him to run over to Blanco and have our friend mount my old tire. It had plenty of thread for his ride home. This saved him paying list price for a tire at one of the three shops available.
He had a new set waiting at home and he miss calculated how long his tires would last.

He took my tire which is on the right.

Exactly. Nothing wrong with that, and from the picture your tire looks perfectly serviceable. I plan on throwing out unused tires I have not yet remounted after they reach 5-6 years from date of manufacture.

I really have a problem with discarding tires early and filling up the landfills needlessly with tires that still have life in them to at least be worn down to the wear bars. Patched properly from the inside, I am convinced that they are just as good as new.

BTW my plug in my S1000R is still doing quite well and not leaking any air. Had it up to about 110 with no issues, but since it is really a temporary repair, I keep an eye on that tire more than normal. Still has about 1500 more miles of tread left on that Pirelli Corsa, and for essentially a commuter bike that is a lot of life.


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