Price of Tyres

[Acemastr]

God we get ripped off on tyres in this country, tomorrow I'll be getting a set of Michelin Power Pure's fitted, £260 fitted and he comes to my house.

Just been trawling some forums in the US, they seem to be getting the same tyres for the same price in dollars, so £160 for a SET of tyres...

Gr!
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[moppy]

I got my Pirelli Diablo rear for £70 odd quid. Can't imagine the front costs more than the rear, so £150 for a set sounds about right

[sickpup]

[Acemastr]

But I'm getting decent tyres fitted, all the bike shops I went around couldn't beat £232 for the tyres alone, then fitting ontop.

No offence meant to you guys, but those tyres are either old or not top of the range.
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[P.]

I remember getting Pirelli Angel STs fitted in 2010 for £260 the set.

Was my first taste of larger rubber fitted to a sports

[kernow24]

I don't see how people can compare prices to the US.

We are completely different, vat, higher labour rates, higher
property rents and rates, most places in the US are part of
a chain that has massive buying power when compared to our
independent or small chains.

There's too many differences to make a comparison.

I'm sure we could have cheaper tyres if you wish to give up all
the services and safety nets we have in this country.

Let's give up the NHS and benefits system, in favour of saving
50 quid on a tyre.

There's more to the US vs UK price difference than they pay xxx
and we yyy, we must be getting ripped off.
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[rumppole]

[blurredman]

[sickpup]

[Kris]

Maxxis Supermaxx diamond here. £175 a set delivered next day (FWR Tyres) and I got mine fitted for a fiver each wheel.

Seem okay to me!
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[neatbik]

I can supply and fit those Pures (180/55-17 rear right?) at £235.
Shame you arent local.

Maybe i should be putting my prices up..?

[blurredman]

[Rogerborg]

[0l0dom0l0]

I don't get what all the fuss is about?

I bought a brand new set of BT023's, fitted and balanced to loose wheels for £200.

Not going to complain at that tbh.

Not when its £10 ish to get a tyre changed on a loose wheel if you buy part worns etc.

I worked it out and for the amount of miles I do, it was just better and easier to spend £200 on a decent set of tyres that would last me for a fair while without requiring attention.

Although, my rear is looking rather worn now after about 4k and 3 trackdays. When I did my calculations I was expecting to get about 10k from the rear lol.
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[Noxious89123]

4k out of a BT023? Blimey, must have been giving it some welly
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[Souleh]

If youre wanting race rubber, get scrubs.

You can get tyres that have done 1 heat cycle, 8/10/12 short circuit laps and 75% or more life in them for under £100 the pair.

[T0MMY]

[salty21]

as others have said, use race scrubs. I used to always get the pirelli diablo's that were on offer at M&P for £140 but they stopped doing them so i started using race tyres.

As already mentioned, you can get them for £80 on ebay for a set that have only been used for 1 heat cycle and still have nearly all the tread depth left in the centres, which is ideal if your planning on using them for road riding as they tend to wear out evenly all over by the time there done so none of the horrible squared off tyre feeling towards the end, there also much more grippy than normal road tyres, bit of a no brainer really.

Also because there soft and flexible there a doddle to fit yourself too.

I couldnt imagine paying £140 for a set of tyres now, let alone £260
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[salty21]

[T0MMY]

That actually wasn't intended as a pop...just a serious point about whether or not you need sticky tyres

If the OP gets to the limits of shit tyres, it's worth him buying good ones. Of course the slowest rider in the world can reach the limits of his tyres if a lorry pulls out in front of him so I guess there's value in good rubber even if you don't bomb around.
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[salty21]

[T0MMY]

I wasn't aware of that. He's probably right in terms of how hard 99% of people corner but there is still the braking advantage.

That said, a lot of bikers probably don't really maximise their braking either.
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[sickpup]

[Noxious89123]

I don't claim to need sticky sports rubber, merely that having used touring tyres and sports tyres, I much prefer the softer tyres in terms of how they feel to ride on, and the confidence they give. The fact I do low mileage makes it feasable too. Obviously if you're doing 20k a year or something you don't want to be changing tyres every 5k!
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