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How do you prevent your tyres perishing when unused for some time?

Keep them inside the house where they're not exposed to lots of temperature
and humidity variations that contribute to dry rot. If you keep them
mounted on rims, put your wheels in wheel bags. Better yet, remove the
tires and put them back in boxes and in a drawer somewhere. Leaving them on
the bike out in the garage is a recipe for dry rot!

Bob C.

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How do you prevent your tyres perishing when unused for some time?

Keep them inside the house where they're not exposed to lots of temperature
and humidity variations that contribute to dry rot. If you keep them
mounted on rims, put your wheels in wheel bags. Better yet, remove the
tires and put them back in boxes and in a drawer somewhere. Leaving them on
the bike out in the garage is a recipe for dry rot!

Bob C.

Seems almost a troll... I use my bikes frequently (except the ol'
busted one from '88 will will be a trainer bike eventually), though
have noticed exposure to sunlight, UV in particular will dry and crack
rubber. No tire lasts forever, even on the shelf. Best to get out
and ride the thing once in a while or rotten tires will be the least
of your worries, i.e. dried grease and corrosion.

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How do you prevent your tyres perishing when unused for some time?

Keep them inside the house where they're not exposed to lots of

temperature

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and humidity variations that contribute to dry rot. If you keep them
mounted on rims, put your wheels in wheel bags. Better yet, remove the
tires and put them back in boxes and in a drawer somewhere. Leaving

them on

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the bike out in the garage is a recipe for dry rot!

Bob C.

Seems almost a troll... I use my bikes frequently (except the ol'
busted one from '88 will will be a trainer bike eventually), though
have noticed exposure to sunlight, UV in particular will dry and crack
rubber. No tire lasts forever, even on the shelf. Best to get out
and ride the thing once in a while or rotten tires will be the least
of your worries, i.e. dried grease and corrosion.

I thought that I read a quote by Roger De Vlaeminck (I think it was him)
that attributed his lack of flats in Paris-Roubaix to the fact he used tires
that had been stored in a shed for three years to make them harder. Can
anyone confirm / deny this practice?

-T

Tom Schulenburg said:

I thought that I read a quote by Roger De Vlaeminck

Swinging back on topic, he's full of [censored] of course. Otoh he did, erm,
cause a skyrocketing of terrorism on
http://users.pandora.be/sparxx/domi/fotos/phaedra1.jpg

Jay Hill said:

I don't follow. She doesn't make me think of terrorism.

See thread "IHBC Crit".

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Tom Schulenburg said:

I thought that I read a quote by Roger De Vlaeminck

Swinging back on topic, he's full of [censored] of course. Otoh he did, erm,
cause a skyrocketing of terrorism on
http://users.pandora.be/sparxx/domi/fotos/phaedra1.jpg

I don't follow. She doesn't make me think of terrorism.

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Tom Schulenburg said:

I thought that I read a quote by Roger De Vlaeminck

Swinging back on topic, he's full of [censored] of course. Otoh he did, erm,
cause a skyrocketing of terrorism on
http://users.pandora.be/sparxx/domi/fotos/phaedra1.jpg

I take it you like them scawny.

Tom Schulenburg said:

I thought that I read a quote by Roger De Vlaeminck (I think it was him)
that attributed his lack of flats in Paris-Roubaix to the fact he used tires
that had been stored in a shed for three years to make them harder. Can
anyone confirm / deny this practice?

-T

Back in the 70s they told us to buy enough sew-ups to cure them before
we rode them. Don't have a clue whether or not it really made a
difference. If someone said the Europeans did it, so did we. The
secondary rumor was it was a rumor started by the Pacific Grove
bicycle shop that sold us most of the sew-ups...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

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Tom Schulenburg said:

I thought that I read a quote by Roger De Vlaeminck (I think it was him)
that attributed his lack of flats in Paris-Roubaix to the fact he used tires
that had been stored in a shed for three years to make them harder. Can
anyone confirm / deny this practice?

-T

Back in the 70s they told us to buy enough sew-ups to cure them before
we rode them. Don't have a clue whether or not it really made a
difference. If someone said the Europeans did it, so did we. The
secondary rumor was it was a rumor started by the Pacific Grove
bicycle shop that sold us most of the sew-ups...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

A friend commented on this some time ago, that indeed tires would
harden with age (effectively the rubber begins to break down into its
more stable components), though you had to have some idea when you
wanted a harder tire as hard rubber skids easier but has less rolling
resistance. Even so, there's still a shelf life to stored tires so I
only buy about a year and a half supply at a time.