Humm,
B.F. Goodrich g-force KD 225/45 ZR 17 at $200.00/tire x4 / 15,000 km life
(if I am lucky) = 5.33 c/km
Expensive but the fun factor per km is probably even higher than a bike
tire.
Seems that car tires have a larger range in price.
RDK
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> Rod Plunkett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> SNIP
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> > PS - I wish car repairs were as cheap as bike repairs.
> >
> But just considering tires (and tubes), I think that car tires are cheaper
> per km than bicycle tires. Here's my first run at it:
>
> Car - $80 per tire x 4 / 80,000 km life = 0.4 c/km
> Bike - $20 per tire + $5 per tube x 2 / 10,000 km life = 0.5 c/km
>
> One of my first observations would be that a car tire is far more likely
> to achieve its full life than a bicycle tire. And that's before we count
> all the time wasted changing & repairing punctured bicycle tubes....
>
> Is there anyone out there who has some valid average mileage stats for
> bicycle tires?
> --
> Peter James
> Ottawa, Ontario
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