Tyres going 'off'?

[bugjuice]

put it this way, if it is in your head, then you won't get it out of your head properly until you get a new set.

To say if it truly has gone off or not, it be best to actually look at it. But normally they have a stranger looking 'black plastic' sort of look and they're just hard. And yeah, once they're off, they're only good for burn outs.

If they're stored out of the light, they'd be fine. If they're on the shop floor too long, or in light for ages, then the UV and air doing its thing, break down the rubber and make it well 'ard..

[Racey Rider]

The front tyre on my racer is old,, as is 'Cracking in the treads' old.
I find it a lot harder to heat up than another similar tyre I use.
Though it is fine in the dry, if the track is wet I swap to another tyre, as this really old one has put me down once while wet without pushing it very hard.
I have no confidence in it in the wet. But keep using it in the dry as I'm doing a 'KK'* and waiting for the canvas to show.

*('Kwaka-Kid' - the early years.)

[NhuanH]

it had gone hard and slippery

geez Louise, do you need the R18 warning on your posts??