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Tyre age question...

Joined Jun 2012
88 Posts | 0+
Norfolk
I have just got my local dealer of all things Japanese to put some new supercorsa tyres on my Oz wheels, the rear tyre is showing 4510 indicating week 45 of 2010 should I be worried that this is too old ? What does age do to rubber....! This is for my track bike. The front is 2611.

Where does any one else get their tyres from ? Any one got a good supplier of well priced sticky ones that tend to be expensive ? I've paid £250 for the pair of supercorsa BSB.

Nick
 
should be ok matey, unless it was stored outside.... in a pile of others ....in the sun.
google for online tyre supppliers dude that would get you best price methinks, I dont know really, cos I only run scrubs.
cheers
ck
 
Cheers for this CK, I thought it might spark an open conversation about tyre prices, yes I can go onine but thought I'd open it up a little.
 
the age is not so important. i have read an article by a profi driver that he got his personal best time on a 08 tyre in 2011. what is important on the tyre is the number of cycles it went through. a cycle is meant to be the cold to warm to cold state of the tyre. when it is warm the chemicals and fluids from within the rubber start to release and the tyre gets stickier. so if the tyre is stored in a constant temperature it does not matter much how old it is.
 
slightly disagree I would not use tyres over 4 years old but I am sure the actual recommendation is longer than that. As for prices I use a local guy as he is as cheap as anywhere else 239 for a pair of roadsmarts fitted 260 for roadsmart 2 fitted. Qualifiers about the same I think if not I would probably just go online and go for price or by local recommendation. I also use him as he doesnt have loads lying around just gets what he nedds
 
I just ordered a pair fitted for 240 then upgraded to the roadsmarts 2 for 265 fitted. The ones I am replacing are the roadsmarts very happy with them 8 k out of front and rear profile has stayed ok for nearly all of that time
 
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