Shelf life for tires?

[Dave]

Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in our house.

Thanks.

 

[Terry Morse]

Dave wrote:

> Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
> stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in
> our house.

Store them in a sealed black plastic garbage bag, and they'll last forever.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://www.terrymorse.com/bike/

 

[Werehatrack]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:40:12 -0800, Terry Morse <[email protected]>
may have said:

>Dave wrote:
>
>> Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
>> stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in
>> our house.
>
>Store them in a sealed black plastic garbage bag, and they'll last forever.

Even longer if the black plastic bag is in a cool, dark place without fluorescent lighting.

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[Jim Beam]

your answer:

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Dave wrote:
> Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
> stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in
> our house.
>
> Thanks.

 

[Tim McNamara]

Terry Morse <[email protected]> writes:

> Dave wrote:
>
>> Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
>> stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in
>> our house.
>
> Store them in a sealed black plastic garbage bag, and they'll last forever.

IIRC keeping them folded up is a bad idea. Tough on the rubber at the folds.

 

[Tim McNamara]

jim beam <[email protected]> writes:

> your answer:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
> &rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dtire%2Blife%2Bstorage%2Bgroup:*materials*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-
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> 8%26scoring%3Dr%26selm%3DMPG.19d44e835e23acfb989788%2540nnrp1.phx1.gblx.net%26rnum%3D1

Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?

 

[Cipher]

Originally posted by Werehatrack
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 19:40:12 -0800, Terry Morse <[email protected]>
may have said:

>Dave wrote:
>
>> Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
>> stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in
>> our house.
>
>Store them in a sealed black plastic garbage bag, and they'll last forever.

Even longer if the black plastic bag is in a cool, dark place without fluorescent lighting.

Don't forget to keep them away from electric motors, (furnace in the basement) when they run they produce Ozone which will react with the rubber causing it to deteriorate faster.

 

[Gocycle]

I open up folded tires then place them in a CLOSED spare wheelbag hanging in the garage.

Luigi

Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Terry Morse <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Dave wrote:
> >
> >> Performance is having a good sale on Continental Ultra 3000 700X25 tires and I'm thinking of
> >> stocking up a bit. Do tires deteriorate over time in storage? Storage being on a shelf in our
> >> house.
> >
> > Store them in a sealed black plastic garbage bag, and they'll last forever.
>
> IIRC keeping them folded up is a bad idea. Tough on the rubber at the folds.

 

[Robin Hubert]

"Tim McNamara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> jim beam <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > your answer:
> >
> >
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
et&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dtire%2Blife%2Bstorage%2Bgroup:*materials*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-
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>
> Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?

Could you tell me how to do this?

Thanks, Robin Hubert

 

[Rick Onanian]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:04:11 GMT, Cipher
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Even longer if the black plastic bag is in a cool, dark place without fluorescent lighting.

>Don't forget to keep them away from electric motors, (furnace in the

This would explain my cracked and beat-looking tires, that live on my bike stored directly next to a
big air conditioning motor in a room lit entirely by fluorescent lighting. It's directly adjacent to
a window, too, if that matters...
--
Rick Onanian

 

[Tim McNamara]

"Robin Hubert" <[email protected]> writes:

> "Tim McNamara" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...

> >
> > Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?
>
> Could you tell me how to do this?

Sure. Go to http://tinyurl.com and paste in the large URL. The instructions will be self-
explanatory at that point. It's a great resource. There's another similar service as well but I
can't recall the name.

 

[Michael Dart]

In news:[email protected],
Robin Hubert <[email protected]> typed:
> "Tim McNamara" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > jim beam <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > > your answer:
> > >
> > >
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&threadm=MPG.19d4
4e835e23acfb989788%40nnrp1.phx1.gblx.net&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dtire%2Bli fe%2Bstorage%2Bgroup:*materials*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-
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%26scoring%3Dr%26selm%3DMPG.19d44e835e23acfb989788%2540nnrp1.phx1.gblx.net%2
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> >
> > Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?
>
> Could you tell me how to do this?
>
> Thanks, Robin Hubert

Go to http://tinyurl.com and read. ;^)

Your link as tiny: http://tinyurl.com/2gcth

Mike

 

[Andy Dingley]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 16:04:11 GMT, Cipher
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Don't forget to keep them away from electric motors, (furnace in the basement) when they run they
>produce Ozone which will react with the rubber causing it to deteriorate faster.

You'll barely notice the ozone from an electric motor (unless you're in an elevator machine room).

Photocopiers, or even larger laser printers, OTOH....

--
Smert' spamionam

 

[Jeff Wills]

Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> "Robin Hubert" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > "Tim McNamara" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:m2vfm4pjbe.fsf@Stella-
> > Blue.local...
>
> > >
> > > Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?
> >
> > Could you tell me how to do this?
>
> Sure. Go to http://tinyurl.com and paste in the large URL. The instructions will be self-
> explanatory at that point. It's a great resource. There's another similar service as well but I
> can't recall the name.

Google "shorten URL". Or use this link: http://tinyurl.com/26lr4

Jeff "That's too easy!"

 

[Zeeexsixare]

> Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?

I like http://snurl.com better because it's faster, less cluttered, and shorter.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

 

[Tom Sherman]

ZeeExSixAre wrote:

>>Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?
>
>
> I like http://snurl.com better because it's faster, less cluttered, and shorter.

I prefer the full URL so I can see where I am going ahead of time.

Tom "Contrary" Sherman - Quad Cities

 

[John Morgan]

> > I like http://snurl.com better because it's faster, less
cluttered, and
> > shorter.
>
> I prefer the full URL so I can see where I am going ahead of time.
>
> Tom "Contrary" Sherman - Quad Cities

Agreed. You never know when someone is going to ninja a goatse attack.

-John Morgan

 

[Tom Sherman]

John Morgan wrote:

>>>I like http://snurl.com better because it's faster, less
>
> cluttered, and
>
>>>shorter.
>>
>>I prefer the full URL so I can see where I am going ahead of time.
>>
>>Tom "Contrary" Sherman - Quad Cities
>
>
> Agreed. You never know when someone is going to ninja a goatse attack.

I half experienced that once by clicking on a "compressed" URL. However, since I use a dial-up
connection, I only saw the top half of the picture before closing the window.

I am not a prude, but I really do not wish to view disgusting pictures.

Tom Sherman - Quad Cities

 

[Zeeexsixare]

> Agreed. You never know when someone is going to ninja a goatse attack.

Nah... that wouldn't happen on this newsgroup. Plus, you can usually judge by the poster if the link
is likely legit or not.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

 

[A Muzi]

Robin Hubert wrote:

> "Tim McNamara" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> > jim beam <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > > your answer:
> > >
> > >
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
> &rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dtire%2Blife%2Bstorage%2Bgroup:*materials*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-
> 8%26oe%3DUTF-
> 8%26scoring%3Dr%26selm%3DMPG.19d44e835e23acfb989788%2540nnrp1.phx1.gblx.net%26rnum%3D1
> >
> > Have you considered using http://tinyurl.com?
>
> Could you tell me how to do this?
>
Even I can do it!

Just goto http://www.tinyurl.com and follow directions.

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