That difference between OEM and aftermarket tires has been a bugaboo in every vehicular market, not just bicycles. It's lying. They pay a supplier to place an objectively good product's label on a tire that simply isn't what the label says. Ask Ford about their OEM Firestone rim protectors that blew up and rolled their SUVs. While I've not had as drastic an outcome from 27 TPI OEM labeled tires compared to the real 120TPI items, I just wish the bike companies would realize what a crappy impression their product manager penny-pinching leaves to the 20% of us customers who do discern the difference negatively and wouldn't touch the true after market product after experience with the OEM labeled "equivalent".
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Monday, May 25, 2020 at 6:11:26 AM UTC-4, Dave S wrote: > > Thanks for sharing! Not sure if this is always the case but, often, > theres a noticeable difference between oem and retail tires. The tread is > usually identical but the construction is different. I learned this by > buying a bike with tires that are Folding/TC in the retail version and wire > bead/tube required on the bike. -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a4496ac7-4951-485a-a86e-07fe6452536a%40googlegroups.com.
