My Tire's Are Rotting !!??@$

[PCeBiker]

My Schwalbe Super Moto-X rear tire is delaminating !!!

The tires are a year and a half old with just over 8000 km on them.





The front tire is showing some age cracks too,.




I thought Shwalbe Tires were supposed to be Really Good tires??

Do they only last a year before they rot??

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

This is what happens when you never pedal.
;^}

 

[Chargeride]

The shwalbees on my bmx are like new, they are 15 years old.
Where you buy?

 

[Roamers]

Do they only last a year before they rot??

Is it outside 24/7?

 

[PCeBiker]

The shwalbees on my bmx are like new, they are 15 years old.
Where you buy?

Amazon, but they were shipped from England.

 

[PCeBiker]

Is it outside 24/7?

Always inside my house except for my rides.
I don’t ride in the rain or in the winter.

 

[PCeBiker]

They have wire beads and say Moped on the tire,..

 

[Gionnirocket]

I guess it's possible that they were old stock and weren't properly stored before purchase.
My Al Grounders have 4600mi and look new when cleaned up.

 

[Gionnirocket]

3yrs from date of purchase.

Warranty Policy | Schwalbe Tires North America

Schwalbe Tires North America, Inc. is a daughter company of Ralf Bohle GmbH, the owner and manufacturer of Schwalbe brand products. Schwalbe Tires North America, Inc. is the exclusive importer/exporter of the Schwalbe brand for North and South America.

www.schwalbetires.com

 

[PCeBiker]

3yrs from date of purchase.

Hmm,..
I wonder if if matters that I bought them on Amazon.ca and they shipped from England?

I've also got two more brand new Super Moto-X tires (that I bought from the same vendoron Amazon), and a 27.5" Schwalbe Hurricane tire, and a 29" wheel with Hurricane tire on it as well.
Maybe I should use them up before they rot too??

Your Schwalbe link says that the date code is stamped inside the tire, but I can't make any sense of it??
(This is one of the new (unused) Super Moto-X tires.)

And the 27.5" Hurricane,..

 

[PCeBiker]

I just found this review of the Super Moto-X tires on Amazon,..

Looks like anything as sharp as a marble can puncture the tire.

 

[Gionnirocket]

The process looks a little tedious but it also seems like they stand by their product.
Take 5 minutes from posting pics here and fill out the form

 

[PCeBiker]

Take 5 minutes from posting pics here and fill out the form

Now I've got to remove the rear wheel again.
That's a Fricken chore.

I hope I get it done before spring.

 

[Gionnirocket]

Why not swap out the other tires you have for now... Probably shouldn't ride on those much longer anyway

 

[PCeBiker]

Why not swap out the other tires you have for now... Probably shouldn't ride on those much longer anyway

Yeah.
Either way that rear tire needs to be replaced, and it needs to come off to take a picture of the white stamp inside for warranty anyway.
My other tires are just sitting there getting old and brittle.

I just gotta get off my ass and git-er-done.

 

[Rexlion]

These days it's possible to order a brand name product and receive a cheap knockoff that looks genuine but isn't. Just one of the possible explanations.

 

[PCeBiker]

These days it's possible to order a brand name product and receive a cheap knockoff that looks genuine,..

I did a search, and all I could find was fake online shops that take your money and don't deliver anything.
Schwalbe themselves put out the warning.

They have a bar code on the inside of the tire as well as the cryptic date code, and another stamped number,..

 

[Gionnirocket]

I did a search, and all I could find was fake online shops that take your money and don't deliver anything.
Schwalbe themselves put out the warning.

They have a bar code on the inside of the tire as well as the cryptic date code, and another stamped number,..

Probably in many ways related to warranty and authenticity...as well as quality control.

 

[PCeBiker]

Check it out,..

I got off my arse, and not only did I install a new tire, I also took the necessary pictures and filed a Warranty claim !!

I didn't do the front tire, but it doesn't look too bad.
I can install the new Super Moto-X tire, or the 27.5" Hurricane tire, or install the whole 29" wheel with the 29" Hurricane tire already installed

I've just got to put the new brake rotor on the wheel.

I don't know what I'm going to do yet?

The Hurricane tire is even more flimsy than the Super Moto-X tires?
It makes me kinda nervous. And they're not "Moped" rated.

 

[Tars Tarkas]

Looks to me like you have the tire on the wheel backwards.

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