05-04-2019, 08:56 PM
My feeling is that many drivers of vintage cars should change their car tyres more often.
You can see tyres on cars that have "had it" at events all the time.
In my view ten years should be the limit even if they "look" OK.
It is true that darkness, correct inflation ect helps them have a reasonable life, but they still "age" even without use.
some makes seem to "age" faster than others.
I have personally found that the Avon sidecar tyres go very hard after about five years which reduces the grip considerably and makes for a tougher ride. Longstones seem a good compromise.
When we bought our twelve I thought great, tyres are like new (still had the bobbly bits on) but when I looked closely they had hairline cracks in the treads.
Had them changed on the way home !
The technician at Longstone showed me one that he had taken off and it was cracked all the way through !
A big big area for trouble with tyres is trailers (usually kept outside) - change mine every four years.
Good tyres = Cheap safety !
You can see tyres on cars that have "had it" at events all the time.
In my view ten years should be the limit even if they "look" OK.
It is true that darkness, correct inflation ect helps them have a reasonable life, but they still "age" even without use.
some makes seem to "age" faster than others.
I have personally found that the Avon sidecar tyres go very hard after about five years which reduces the grip considerably and makes for a tougher ride. Longstones seem a good compromise.
When we bought our twelve I thought great, tyres are like new (still had the bobbly bits on) but when I looked closely they had hairline cracks in the treads.
Had them changed on the way home !
The technician at Longstone showed me one that he had taken off and it was cracked all the way through !
A big big area for trouble with tyres is trailers (usually kept outside) - change mine every four years.
Good tyres = Cheap safety !