Help finding a replacement white wall for a junk Vee Rubber.
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Tourer
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From: ND
Help finding a replacement white wall for a junk Vee Rubber.
I have had my Vee rubber rear for 14 months and 3500 miles. The edges of the tread have large cracks in the grooves similar to weather checking. My bike is always stored in the heated garage. Who makes a 180-50-18 or 200-50-18 in a whitewall?
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2010
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From: Mass/NH
Caution - I had the VEE RUBBER 260x35x18 on my rocker and after 3500 miles with half the tread left...IT DELAMINATED A WHOLE SECTION ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG BY 4 INCHES WIDE TO ONE SIDE OF THE RIDING SURFACE AND ON CLOSER INSPECTION...HAD VOIDS IN THE RUBBER ACROSS WHERE THE TIRE WAS SEEMED AND HAD 2 PIECES OF WHITE CORD SHOWING THROUGH ON 2 OTHER SECTIONS OF THE SAME TIRE...KIND OF RANDOM PIECES FLOATING UP DURING THE MANUFACTURING...I have never seen a failure like that...scary at high speed...imagine a front tire...not even on my wheelbarrow! I still have the tire, should send it to DOT...Dunlop or Metzler are way better tires for about the same money...whats your life worth...blowouts on bikes are a bad thing...
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