Tyres

[baron von greenback]

What is the best way to store tyres lieing flat hanging up folded etc what do you guys do

 

[Tootyred]

Dry but not too dry, out of cold but not hot, dark, loosly rolled not tight or folded.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I keep them in my humidor with the cuban cigars.

(There are tyres in the shop basement that have been there since before I started, 3 decades.
Cool, dark, stored flat.)

 

[MattiThundrrr]

I keep them in my humidor with the cuban cigars

I imagine that would make the tires taste better than the Cubanos

 

[Bike Hoarder]

Kings Cycles in Wellington had a basement at the front of the shop, accessed through a hatch. The smell of the tyres down there was overwhelming... same as @bikeworkshop some of those tyres were donkeys years old.

 

[27motorhead]

+1 for cool dark basement storage. Bicycle Workshop in West London (sadly closed down) had some perfect pairs of amberwall Timbuk ll’s and original Smokes that had been there for 25 years and just like new/supple as you like.

 

[Stressed]

I keep them in my humidor with the cuban cigars.

(There are tyres in the shop basement that have been there since before I started, 3 decades.
Cool, dark, stored flat.)

Dig 'em out and get 'em on 'ere then!

 

[baron von greenback]

Cheers mine will be getting used couple of sets of magic one of them was nos still in wrapper folded up but in seems to be drooping in places but i assume was it has air in it will push out and keep shape

 

[M-Power]

As anyone who has ever worked in a bike shop knows, that tyre smell when you first open up never leaves you. Forget Napalm in the morning


Always stored em laying flat in a cool dark place or lightly inflated on a display bike. And another thing, de-tension spokes a wind or two ( state on a post-it attached) equally on all spokes on wheels built on display bikes. It reduces the chance of flanges going pop, especially Ringle hubs.

 

[Bike Hoarder]

After leaving the bike trade i went to work in the automotive tyre industry, first company i worked for was a wholesaler - the warehouse would hold 750,000 upwards at any one time. The smell was something else, but not quite the same as old bike tyres. After 25 years I don't smell it any longer.