Tire Storage

[scrooge]

I just received five tires in the mail (thanks Steve!) and probably won't be using most of them until next year (as I'm a one bike kind of guy). Odd question, perhaps, but does it make any difference if tires are stored folded or not while I sotre them? (I assume not, since they can sit on the shelf in the shop folded). Any other tricks? Put them in the freezer with the coffee beans etc?

[Ken Robb]

protect them from light and ozone which is generated by electric motors among other things. Don't put them in closet with your heat/ac unit.

[M.Sommers]

Good question. I just bought a NOS Pinarello, it's about 5-6 years old, so are it's tires. I told the shop owner to replace the tubes and tires and he looked at me oddly. I offered, "Dude, I plan on avoiding a flat, doing 50 mph downhill and don't need to wonder how the tubes or tires dried out sitting around for five years, replace them period."

I also take my three season tires off my car for the winter. I wipe them down with 'Gummi Pflege' (German for 'rubber care'); it's the most serious/real element you can put onto rubber (german car's door seals are targeted bigtime). Gummi Pflege is something I'd feel confident wiping onto a tire that would be sitting around for a long period. My Michelin Pilot Sports are $265.00 each, it'd be nice to assist them for 3-4 months in staying healthy atmo. Atmo, most folks would prolly just leave the bike tires on a shelf, in the home.

atmo:

http://www.z3bimmer.com/OffTopic/E24Bimmer/Gummi/

http://www.superiorcarcare.net/einsz...are-stick.html