Tires just aren't all that expensive. If you shop around online, end of season, etc you can get pretty decent deals on "mass market" tires like Schwalbe and Panaracer. Hetres and Riv tires maybe not so much.
I guess there are some people here who do serious annual mileage, so cost might be an issue if you are truly wearing out 2 or 3 sets a year. In that case, I bet you could even get your LBS to cut you a deal if you bought 10 or 12 tires at a time if you would actually go through them since, as Doug P said, rubber doesn't get better with age! On Oct 14, 10:22 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:18 PM, Angus <angusle...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > Just curious how the RBW bunch approaches tire wear. I can only guess > > that we cover all corners of the spectrum. > > > I view Rivendell's as long lasting, practical, bicycles that we don't > > have to spend a ton of money to maintain...so why replace the tires as > > the first sign of wear. > > > I have literally seen people buy a pair of $50 road tires immediately > > prior to a club bike ride because they thought one tire was "bad" (it > > seemed obvious to me that the tube was twisted leading to the "bump" > > in the tire). > > Maybe another interesting question: > How many people buying a particular type of tire does it take before > you hit the bulk-discount price? > > For example - if I love the pasela panaracers and maybe the jack brown > greens- how many do I need to buy before I see a discount on them. > > if I know I'm going to go through N of them in the next few years - > how many other people do I need to go in on the purchase of them to > see a price difference. > > inquiring minds want to know. > > -sv -- 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-bu...@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.
