Re: Tires, no biased answers or radical suggestions please!

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/4/21 10:06:25

I think you miss the point. There would be an incentive to track tire brands/mileages and failures etc. if tire failures were common with the touring crowd, but at least as far as I know they are not - IrishPackard's experiences seem pretty much unique. We'd all like to know why but his situation, from what I hear, is not symptomatic of a larger pattern. Doing a statistical analysis is one thing, but having enough data to make it meaningful is another.

CCCA's Adirondacks Caravan last year - about 70,000 miles accumulated by the participants and a good friend was on the trouble truck - only issue he reported was a flat from a puncture. PAC's recent Henry Joy Tours, no tire issues. PAC's National last year with lots of local touring plus some long distances driven to get there - no tire issues that I heard of. I've a friend that regularly does Glidden tours - tire issues too infrequent to even be worth mentioning. Sure, there's the occasion tire failure, road hazards or running underinflated - but both those also occur with our everyday cars.

Our friends from "down under" are a great bunch for touring long distances; Mal - what are your observations and what do you hear?