Originally Posted by
UsedToBeFaster
I keep on reading people get 1000 miles out of a rear tire sometimes less.
But I regularly get 2-3k+ I think its due to the smooth CA roads?
Can anyone top that?
To be clear I mean from a performance tire not a commuter tire like gator skins
A lot of it depends on rider weight and tire width. A clyde will wear out a 700x23C tire a lot faster than a bantamweight on 650x42B tires.
I got a set of 700x30C tires to 5600 miles a few years ago, weighing between 155-165 lbs (sorry for the grainy picture):
Since then, most of my miles have been on 38+ mm tires so they either succumb to catastrophic injuries or the final results aren't in yet.
