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WTF A new tire already


Zoner1320

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My back tire is seriously 6 months old!!! How is it freaking possible that it is dry rotted already. My bike sleeps on rubber mats and is frame suspended off the ground in the winter!!! Talk about bein pissed

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Ozone damage? Any electric motors nearby? Or the basic, it was an old tire in stock, before you bought it.

Manufacturer's defect? Ask them to take it back, or give a new one (prorated even)?

edit: The shelf life of a tire is 6 years. Less if exposed to ozone.

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its hard work an a lot of stress for the tyre to carry black tod's BBC.

i heard that, in a pinch, black tod can use it as a spare tire. he just kinda lets it wrap around the wheel for a few miles.

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the tire code is 3507

I belive that means the tire was manufactured the 35th week of 2007. A three year old tire. That'll do it.

I got butned buying tires on-line once. I ordered a set of Dunlops and recieved a 5 year old front tire and a 2 year old rear tire. My local shop would not mount the front tire.

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I would think that's a good thing to some extent. No shipping and you can talk to them face to face about it. Now you know what the date code is so you shouldn't have this happen again.

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