When to get a new tire
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As a tire gets older and balder, the composition is also getting harder and slicker. I wouldn't count on that old bald tire having much traction.
Let's say you change your tire too early by 10%, or less than $20. Compare that to how much it costs if you crash because you tried to squeeze a few more miles out of the tire.
I'm a cheap bastard and I can see that it's false economy to be cheap on tires. There's only a couple square inches of rubber keeping you safe.
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Cruiser
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It's weird I guess locking up the back tire for a good 60ft a month a go created uneven wear some of the wear bars have a few mm's of rubber before thier even while one spot is less then 2/32 before the second layer of rubber. Getting new tire tomorrow going to stay away from the back break whenever possible.
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i change my tires at 10,000 miles im on my second set of donlops and they look real good at 9500 miles ill be installing new ones next week keeping a dunlop on the back and going to a metz 21 on the front. I had no problem getting 10,000 out of the dunlops
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