Age of tyres?

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There’s a pair of tyres for sale, part worn (look little used). They’re marked up as manufactured in 2009. Would anybody be concerned by ten year old tyres? Personally I’m inclined to avoid them?
Any opinions please?

[MarJay]

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No chance. I don't buy part worn tyres as a rule (road use and lots of it so there's no real benefit to me) but generally I wouldn't use tyres over 4 years old as I've had them newer than thay when the performance was noticeably degraded. I even had a 3 year old set of metzellers crack at the sidewalls after being garaged up for the winter.

[SirFallalot]

I wouldn't put 10 year old tires on my car, not even my muddy 4x4, which drives 90% around the farm/dirt trails and rarely tarmac above 50mph, maybe a tractor, I'd put them on a tractor.

[c_dug]

I've ridden on older tyres a few times and I'm still here, but I was a broke young man riding a shitty bike on a fairly slow commute.

Horses for courses...
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[ThunderGuts]

Tyres do all your stopping and steering . . . they're more important, arguably, that your brakes - you can potentially swerve to avoid an incident without brakes, but you've no chance with rubbish tyres.

Always buy new, always buy good quality (which is not always the most expensive though). I take the same approach to my car and my bicycle.
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[kgm]

Also worth noting get whislt old tyres may look ok, feel ok to touch and ride ok at normal road speeds in the dry, in the wet they are prone to letting go without warning.

[Riejufixing]

[Sister Sledge]

Used and old tyres? Must be these guys selling them..
Seriously though, avoid.
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[ThunderGuts]

Something else to be aware of (in addition to the remarks above about performance in the wet) is that old rubber can become very fragile; not apparent when looking at the tyre, but can cause it to crack/split or even completely disintegrate at speed . . . which could be entertaining.

I suspect you're getting a general vibe by now
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[DRZ4Hunned]

I've got some 10 year old budget tyres on my car, done 15k miles this year in all weather with zero issues and I intend to get full use out of them

I wouldn't risk it on a bike though.
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