Just to add my $0.02, I run the Grand Bois Cypress on my Riv and I only get about 1K on each rear tire. Failure mode seems to be a large bulge in the tire that eventually contacts the brake bridge. Despite this, I love these tires!
I do not rotate tires, I just replace the bad one. On 4/24/09, Brewster Fong <bfd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > On Apr 24, 9:10 am, sanjoser <thomas.savar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I find that I can get 3K out of 26"x1.95 continentals on my atlantis, >> however, I'm stuck in this odd cycle where they start to get worn >> in september-october, which is the peak of the thorn season in >> Northern >> California, I start getting a bunch of flats, I replace my tires, and >> they're >> worn out again just in time for the next year's thorn season. I don't >> know >> how to break out of this without replacing relatively new tires at >> some point. >> > Your front should out last the rear 3 to 1 if not more. So, to break > out of your cycle of yearly replacement, which actually isn't a bad > idea, you could just "rotate your tires" - toss old worned rear tire, > move front tire to rear and put a NEW tire on the front. I do this > when I start getting a bunch of flats in the rear. Good Luck! > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
