When's a tyre worn out?

[hubgearfreak]

In order for a bike tyre to aquaplane, the bike would have to be travelling at a phenomenal rate.

you're right mick, in ersakus's link to sheldon, if you scroll up is a table/chart with the req'd velocities on. if sheldon's right, aquaplaning isn't something that i'm likely to encounter whilst cycling

[gbnz]

issue is not the spending of a few pennies, but the safety of yourself and other road users. You are the same as a car driver who drives with bald tyres.

If you were to skid into me or mine I would be most unimpressed with your penny pinching or your ability to eke out a tyre well beyond reaonableness.

I've no issue with spending pennies maintaining a bike, other than on the town bike. In fact during 2008/2009, a combination of five years high mileage and worn out components, led to a maintenance bill on parts alone of £1657.27, spread over three bikes (Everything was knackered, hubs,sti's, ergo levers etc,etc, etc)

But it is easy to slip into replacing parts, merely for the sake of replacing parts, on a "just in case", "keeping the bike tidy" basis. And on a town bike, which does individual journeys of minute length and is left ready to be pinched on every other street corner, I'm happy to keep it running on older and shabbier looking tyres and even happier that it would appear other cyclists are to

And if I'm to gain a similarity with a motorist running on bald tyres, I'd have to "up" my game considerably. Even including those motorists running on treaded tyres, they manage to injure approx. 498 and kill 8 people daily. Not sure if I'll ever match those figures while on my bike (Though I did get a duckling in 2003/04 )

[mark a.]

Plus it's the rear tyre which isn't that necessary during braking (except during these icy conditions!) and in the corners (which you already say you go slowly on) you'll be leaning over and hence bringing rubber outside the strip of canvas into contact with the road.

I wouldn't do it myself, and certainly not on my front wheel, but hey, go for it!

[reohn2]

.................And if I'm to gain a similarity with a motorist running on bald tyres, I'd have to "up" my game considerably. Even including those motorists running on treaded tyres, they manage to injure approx. 498 and kill 8 people daily. Not sure if I'll ever match those figures while on my bike.............

I agree, from a safety point of view theres no comparison you won't do anyone any harm riding a bicycle with bald/worn out tyres,just more chance of punctures, which is only an inconvenience.

[philg]

I have yet to wear out a tyre- it's death by a thousand (flint) cuts for me

Though a Marathon Plus did get close at around 3500 miles, until a second flint tore open and widened the superglue repair