FWIW Michael, I've never had an issue with a drying, rotting etc. sidewall on all black tires . It took me awhile to get used to them but now I go out of my way to find them and will not ride anything but black. I expect tires to last as long as the tread is good, regardless of time .
On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 8:45:19 PM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > Jan's observations on tread design makes a lot of sense to me, and I > think, having had roly-poly,ruffy tuffy and Jack Browns, (along with > Compass, panaracer, pari-moto, Michelin, and Schwabe marathon racers, and > avoctes) that GP believes the same. The concern I often have with tires, > especially since retiring, has become sidewall life. Given that I have > three singles and a tandem, it takes us a long time to wear out the tread > and casing on good tires, but I begin to worry about solar driven > deterioration in the sidewalls. I don't like to even think about a hi > speed front sidewall tire failure; but given the price of tires I hate to > discard tires with a good looking base. How long, regardless of mileage, > can a rider rely on the sidewall? > > Michael > > On Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 9:19:06 AM UTC-5, Jan Heine wrote: >> >> Sometimes, it seems that tire tread is just about "design", but there >> actually are real reasons why some tires stick better than others, >> especially in the wet... >> >> https://janheine.wordpress.com/2016/01/05/why-slick-tires-dont-stick-well/ >> >> Jan Heine >> Compass Bicycles Ltd. >> www.compasscycle.com >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
