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General Banter / Do long rides degrade tires faster than many shorter rides?
« on: April 24, 2016, 02:37:06 AM »
On my adventure out to CA, (which has been fun, made it to CA in 3 days, and enjoyed it), I started with a Dunlop Roadsmart II with about 2200 miles on it. Plenty of life to get to CA, I thought (and it was).
But, after a 2nd consecutive higher mileage day, as I rode down into the bowl of Salt Lake City, I stopped at a rest area to doff my heated jacket liner. The previous 10 or so miles were mountainous, and the speed limit was 75 or 80, so I was going 80 or 85, with about 70 lbs of luggage.
The part that concerned me was that when I stopped t the rest area. the squared-off center of the tire looked like the edges of a track tire, with rolled up rubber coating the cenert strip of the Roadsmart II, 36 psi
Today, when I had the tire replaced, the mech claimed that long runs (mine were all between 6-8 hundred) heats tires and quickens degradation.
Is this true? Has anyone else experienced this? Would I be better off taking a short break every 100 mikes or so to let the tire cool>|?
But, after a 2nd consecutive higher mileage day, as I rode down into the bowl of Salt Lake City, I stopped at a rest area to doff my heated jacket liner. The previous 10 or so miles were mountainous, and the speed limit was 75 or 80, so I was going 80 or 85, with about 70 lbs of luggage.
The part that concerned me was that when I stopped t the rest area. the squared-off center of the tire looked like the edges of a track tire, with rolled up rubber coating the cenert strip of the Roadsmart II, 36 psi
Today, when I had the tire replaced, the mech claimed that long runs (mine were all between 6-8 hundred) heats tires and quickens degradation.
Is this true? Has anyone else experienced this? Would I be better off taking a short break every 100 mikes or so to let the tire cool>|?