I forget what I paid for the cars on my 2006 PT Cruiser. It may have been as much as $400 for 4 since I bought them through my mechanic who got them from some chain -- I just asked him to do a turnkey. But I suppose overall they'd cost what you paid if I went to, say, Costco and asked for 4 mounted and balanced.
The 559 X 32 Elk Pass costs $78, so a pair is $156, and a pair for 2 bikes would be $312. The tires on the PTC will probably last me a total of 10 years at 4Kmiles/ year; I hope to get 1500 out of a rear Elk Pass. I have 1500+ on the rear Furious Fred on my Fargo and, while the little nubbins are clearly more worn than those on the front, they are still in high relief.. I expect at least 750 and very possibly 1000 more out of that rear. I rotate front to rear, putting a new on on the front. But I don't mind! I drive my PT Cruiser largely for my daughter; I'd guess 3500/year out of 4K is driving for her; I hardly use it for myself. (I lead a very dull life, and the bikes take care of my transportation needs.) The left front tire on the PTC is out of round; it vibrates annoyingly starting at 50 and up through 62 or so. My mechanic says that the tire is out of round (and it's safe to drive it so; it's the tire, not the suspension or attachment bits). I've ignored it for a couple of years. But I'll pay good money to get the best ride that I can on my bikes. I've ordered a total of 7 Elk Passes (5 in last Friday's bulk order; 2 from an early offer that I have mounted and ridden on the gofast). I spent some $200 to get the gofast 650C wheels rebuilt with Revolutions and alloy nipples and Sun M14A 559 wheels for the new Elk Passes; plus $90 for 2 more pairs of said rims when I found a surprise NOS stash on eBay; all of this after I'd just spent almost another $200 buying a pair and a half of Michelin Pro Race 4s for the 650C wheelset -- these are for sale cheap, btw. NIB. On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Jim Bronson <jim.bron...@gmail.com> wrote: > I love Jan's tires but wow $168 is pretty breathtaking. > > The 4 tires on my car cost $330 out the door with mounting, balancing, tax > and road hazard warranty. So about the same per tire, but I'm pretty sure > Compass expects you to mount and balance your own tires, and no road hazard > warranty is implied. The UTQG of the car tires is 420-A-B and I expect > them to last 40,000 miles or so. They balanced well and are smooth at > speeds up to 95 mph or so. Don't find a need to go faster than that, > actually going 95 was inadvertent in the first place, but anyhoo.... > > Maybe I should get the new(er) Pari-Motos instead...supposedly the tread > is thicker than the older ones. Wire bead, but beggars can't be choosers... > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Panaracer-Pacenti-27-5-X-1-50-650B-Pari-Moto-Wire-Bead-Black-/191600794402?hash=item2c9c4c1b22 > > On Sun > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
