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Originally Posted by TimothyH
7800 last year.

Some of those miles were on other bikes but even so, a Vittoria Rubino G+ Speed on the rear will wear out in 1200 miles. I went through at least three on my road bike.

Corsa G+, Turbo Cotton and other race oriented tires are going to wear similarly.


-Tim-

I was getting get 4-6K miles out of my Turbo Cottons, more from my vulcanized Turbos before I switched to tubeless a few weeks ago. Even after I pulled the old tires, I get another few K miles from them as trainer tires. You must be retiring tires earlier than I do.
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