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These Scwalbe one's are 2 years old - have done maybe 1000 miles or so.
They have little noticeable wear on the tread BTW.
I fitted them onto some Giant SLR1 wheels - they're carbon rims - maybe this had an effect.
Perhaps it's just superficial wear - but maybe it's more and I don't want to run them until they fail! Equally, if I replace them I don't want the new tyres to go the same way very quickly.
I'm 92KG and generally run the (25C) rear tyre at 110PSI.
Any thoughts / experience ?
Ah - ignore me - it's not wear, it's untidy manufacture, I'll stop worrying and crack on with riding.
Maybe useful for the next person to ask the question though so here's some pictures
What looks like wear when mounted
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When the tyre's off it looks like some form of reinforcing cloth that's been applied not very neatly - you can see the join area quite clearly.
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