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Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

richmars — Wed, 09 May 2018 21:11:16 +0000

How do people know how many miles they’ve done on each tyre?

Don't you record each ride on a spreadsheet, with details about what is replaced and when? How odd!

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

robbo1234biking — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:30:09 +0000

Garmin tracks it for me. As it was a new bike when I do a ride I select which bike I am using and that keeps track for me. This will prob be the only time I actually know as I doubt I will note when I replace them and what the mileage was. Will look if I can do a tubless conversion but at the moment the Schwalbe Marathon Greenguard look like the best option in 32c.

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

oldnpastit — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:25:06 +0000

Cant do tubeless as the rims aren’t designed for tubeless (I assume anyway – should prob check though!)

If you've got the same wheels as my Boardman CX (some Mavic, non tubeless) then they work just fine tubeless. I had Schwalbe G-one, and now on a Bontrager CX-1.

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

shermer75 — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:17:13 +0000

How do people know how many miles they've done on each tyre?

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

PeterPoddy — Wed, 09 May 2018 20:11:48 +0000

Maraton Plusses are bombproof and last forever, but yeah, heavy and dead feeling. But you're going to work. It's not a race. It doesn't matter. I've got some Marathon Mondials on the Tour de Fer now, they've done nearly 1900 miles and look totally unworn. I'm expecting 10k out of them to be fair. FYI they're the slightly more 'knobbly' version of the Marathon Supreme, and they're easily the best all round 700c tyre I've ever used. Pricy, but the value comes from the longevity, not the price.

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

Ben_H — Wed, 09 May 2018 19:11:13 +0000

I've got the higher TPI version of Surly's Knard in 41c flavour on my Straggler. They've done about 2,000 miles mainly on tarmac commutes, with no significant wear or punctures (yet). Surpr...

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

kcr — Wed, 09 May 2018 17:37:45 +0000

Marathons will probably wear a groove in the road before they wear out. I can't remember which variant I bought last, but I agree they are very agricultural. For reliable commuting, however, they are the business, and they easily cope with rough tracks. I am currently running the G-One Speed tubeless tyres on my commuter. I wasn't planning to use tubeless tyres, but Hunt kindly gave me a free set after there was a very long delay in delivering some wheels I bought. They definitely run a lot faster than the Marathons, are fine on off road tracks, and I have not experienced any punctures yet, but I have only used them for a month or so, so I can't comment on how durable they are long term.

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

robbo1234biking — Wed, 09 May 2018 17:18:27 +0000

I prob have skidded a couple of times when pedestrians step out on you (riding through the centre of Derby is a bit risky for pedestrians they tend to just cross the road without looking!). But it isn’t a habit and I wouldn’t have thought it would make a huge difference.

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

philjunior — Wed, 09 May 2018 17:05:44 +0000

The Marathon supremes I'm running are not anything like as draggy as some of the marathons, and I've had them on for about 3000+ miles now at a guess, with no need for replacement on either yet. Got about 1500-2000 out of GP4000SII on the back. The marathon supremes would be OKish on rough stuff, but they're not as heavily treaded as some touring tyres (like the classic Marathons for example). I guess one thing I'd ask is do you *really* not skid? Even the odd lock up from sudden/heavy braking can make a big difference to the life of the tyre.

Re: How many miles do you get from your commuter bike tyres?

benp1 — Wed, 09 May 2018 16:42:33 +0000

Probably over 10k miles on my set of marathon plus tyres now. Still looking in surprisingly good shape. Nearly all road miles but i'll do light off road on them OK, they grip OK on hardpack/gravel but I mainly do that when it's dry - i've done about 2 miles off road from the 11 mile commute each way the last few days Main problem is they're heavy and dead feeling