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Old 04-14-19, 06:22 PM
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Opinion on these tyres

So I'm looking for a second(?) opinion on the life of these tyres. Both are tubeless Pro Ones. Both are holding air without issue. I'm tempted to just ride them both until the threads start showing. However as they are tubeless I don't want to get stranded out in the middle of nowhere. So I thought I'd ask for some input here. I did my best with the photos.

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Old 04-14-19, 07:20 PM
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Keep riding them. Be sure you have a tube (and a boot) if you get a flat and you won’t be stranded.
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I still use a set of Schwalbe One V-Guard clinchers with worse cuts and abrasions than that. I pre-booted a couple of the deeper cuts, just gluing a patch inside the tire under the cuts. So far, so good. They're such good tires I can't bring myself to retire them yet. They cut way too easily but they feel so light, quick and handle so nicely it seems a shame to give 'em up. And Schwalbe quit making them.
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That little tiny patch keeps you from sliding on your ass mid corner. Something to think about when you try to stretch the use of the tire as much as possible, or in your case until threads are showing.
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Old 04-15-19, 04:41 AM
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I err on the side of replacing tires early these days, as the few extra pennies per year is worth it to me to avoid road side tube changing.

That said, I'd still be riding my tires if they looked like yours. I tend to replace when i get too many big cuts (way before threads show) and you don't seem to have any.

I've never actually reached the point on modern tires where the siping or that tread on the edges wore off before debris cuts caused me to replace a tire, that would be the other reason - but the shot showing those seems to show more life.
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Those look like they have some decent miles left in 'em.
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Those look like they have some decent miles left in 'em.
+1.

Those tires look like they are practically new.
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