Whats the deal with OE tyres?

[anonymous-user]

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[Your Dad]

Looking at Evans Cycles by any chance? OE might not come in the pretty box with the instructions. Then again, some OE stuff does come in a pretty box with instructions.

[TwistingMyMelon]

As above no packaging but new and genuine

What psi you run? Are you checking it every day/couple of days?

[Your Dad]

FFS - it even explains it on Evans website under the item!

OE sourced genuine original item, may not come with retail packaging.


I suppose it's a bit like a Ribble frame being an OE version of a De Rosa.

[bigdom]

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From previous threads I've gleaned were geographically close. Yes, the roads are bloody awful and have degraded further over this winter - how have you not noticed?

[gazza285]

Your Dad said:

I suppose it's a bit like a Ribble frame being an OE version of a De Rosa.

[Jimbo.]

anonymous said:

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He’s talking st.

[Teebs]

anonymous said:

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I wouldn't listen to anything a staff member at Evans has to say. Must be the worse shop for 'advice' going - My 1 year knows more about bikes.

[bakerstreet]

I ran Four Seasons for about two months. Utter garbage IMO. After puncture number 6, they went in the bin. More comfortable than Gatorskins though. Posh bike has Michen Pro4 Endurance tyres. Not been too impressed with those either. May try GP4000S and see how I get on.

What about something like Specialised Armadillo.

Not heard of 'no retail packaging' tyres before. Any tyres that I've bought from Wiggle have come in retail packaging.

[Gren]

Sometimes OE tyres come with a more basic compound. This is quite often the case with Schwalbe tyres on mountain bikes.

Never had a puncture on 4 Seasons - run on a couple of bikes as winter tyres for the last 3 years. No commuting or town/city riding though so that helps.

[TheInternet]

Between the two wheels I tend to average one puncture every 2000 miles on GP4S. That is on the London roads which, for me, have only improved over the last few years. It's also not the roads themselves that cause my trouble, it's the glass/flint/metal fragments.

[MrBarry123]

Sort of related...

This winter has been particularly brutal for me with 3x GatorHardshells killed (a flint through each of them).

[Your Dad]

http://www.wilko.com/all-bike-parts+accessories/sl...

Or switch to tubeless and carry some worms.

[TheInternet]

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What sort?

[TwistingMyMelon]

Did you use levers to put them on?

More than likely a puncture due to fitting them

[ChrisMCoupe]

And what tubes are you using? On my winter wheels/tyres i tend to go for something a bit heavier and more robust than on the summer wheels.

4 miles in though, bound to be bad fitting/pinching tube with lever.

[gazza285]

You couldn't make it up.

[P-Jay]

I know you’re talking road tyres, Contis?

Anyway - in the MTB world there’s a MASSIVE difference between off the shelf Conti tyres and the OE ones.

They’re both made by Conti... sort of, the boxed ones are made in Germany and they’re good, the OE ones are made in Taiwan either by, or on behalf of Conti and they’re a total liability.

Tread pattern looks the same, same name, but a single compound of cheap rubber, a cheap wire bead and they just don’t work.

[Chicken Chaser]

I think the Clements that I have on the Croix are OE. Clements are folding if bought separately, but shipped with the bike I've got beaded which I can't seem to find anywhere else. Compound may or may not be the same.

[BeirutTaxi]

I run Schwalbe Durano Double Defence in the winter and Michelin Power Competition in the summer.

The Schwalbes are noticeably slower however puncture resistance is excellent (speed isn't the primary goal in winter anyway)

https://www.merlincycles.com/schwalbe-durano-doubl...