3mm.................is it enough?

[ahutcheon]

I'm a thoroughbred Yorkshireman and I've just replaced a rear tyre with 3mm tread remaining for new rubber ... for the same trip

What did you do with the old one? I'm an ex-Yorkshireman living in Otago and my back tyre is starting to look a bit bald. Maybe one of the nice AirNZ pilots would bring it over for me? I could maybe send you a sheep in exchange. Only "used" once. As far as I know.

 

[Micky]

What did you do with the old one? I'm an ex-Yorkshireman living in Otago and my back tyre is starting to look a bit bald. Maybe one of the nice AirNZ pilots would bring it over for me? I could maybe send you a sheep in exchange. Only "used" once. As far as I know.

It was 'handed down' to an even tighter arsed Yorkshireman I'm afraid

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

I resemble that remark ... water pistols at dawn my friend

I'm a thoroughbred Yorkshireman and I've just replaced a rear tyre with 3mm tread remaining for new rubber ... for the same trip

wasn't talking about you

but if the flat cap fits.....

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

'Fraid it's the opposite way Greg

The wear rate increases as the tyre wears. With good tread, more rubber, because the rubber moves, that in contact with the road surface doesn't move about on the road surface as much .. which equals less wear.

As the tread wears the rubber becomes more rigid, more firm, and every braking and acceleration input to that rubber try's to move that firmer rubber on the road surface ... hence more wear

Well..................it did the trip

1700 miles of brilliant tarmac (well...only one rocky Alsacien trail on the 1100RT)

Black Forest/Eifels/Grand Ballon/Route de Cretes et al

Now down the wear limiters

Weather was hot and the tarmac was sticky...................so only used the edges - to help out the tyre

 

[(RIP) Proff]

Give it a few more miles, then sell it on Ebay as a racing slick...
That should appeal to your tight arsed Yorkshire ways

 

[Greg Masters]

I spoke to the head technical honcho from Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand) who was at Silverstone over the weekend.

He tells me that, for road tyres, the wear rate is pretty linear - only wearing very slightly faster when the tyre is new.

Greg

 

[Micky]

Well..................it did the trip

1700 miles of brilliant tarmac (well...only one rocky Alsacien trail on the 1100RT)

Black Forest/Eifels/Grand Ballon/Route de Cretes et al

Now down the wear limiters

Weather was hot and the tarmac was sticky...................so only used the edges - to help out the tyre

I think you was more impressed by the tyre than the food JB

 

[Timolgra]

I think you was more impressed by the tyre than the food JB

Pretty impressive tits too