Used tyres. Shall I or Shant I?

bikebarbie

Hi,
need to replace two front tyres.
My current ones Goodyear Efficient grip lasted me 26K so want to stick with them (but also very good overall: noise and grip), but they are £85 each.
I found on Ebay a tyre place selling 3 tyres (all one puncture repaired each - not on the wall) with 7mm for £50 (all three) which I think is pretty good. Plus £10 to fit each (£20in tot)

Do you think is ok to put two puncture repaired tyres on at the same time?
What do you think of this?
Thanks

BeenThroughItAll

It wouldn't be my choice, personally. I'd rather have cheaper, mid range brand new tyres like Kumhos, Nexens, or similar, than puncture-repaired, part worn Goodyears.

Horizon81

You pays your money and you takes your choice. Nobody can decide other than yourself.

I agree with the above poster - would go for a new mid range brand rather than buying 3 second hand tyres needing repairs.

force_ten

I would steer clear of them

I do not have a problem with part worns as such but all three having had punctures and repairs i would be very wary, have the tyres been run while they were flat were they damaged in some other way

good tyres with no repairs i would be ok with but not tyres with puncture repairs

gilbert_and_sullivan

The problem with punctured (or any) tyres bought secondhand is that you don't know why they were removed, and quite possibly classed as irreperable, hence ending up in the used tyre circus, but the main thing is you don't know if they were run flat.

Puntures in themselves arn't a problem, though i prefer to see a proper repair carried out by a repair pro rather than a lickit and stickit patch stuck inside, but oddly enough some high speed rated car tyres now can't be repaired professionally due to newer regs, whilst its still ok for the aforesaid lickit bodge to be applied.

You pays yer money and takes yer choice.

DebtMagnet

I think everyone will have their own opinion on this to be honest.

My Dad brought me up to believe that any part worn tyre is a big no-no and they are an accident waiting to happen. He always banged on about your tyres being the only thing in contact with the road and so you can't take any chances and how you don't know if they are a re-mould or been run flat or not!!

He doesn't know this but over the past few years I have had to buy part-worns simply due to lack of funds for new tyres. (2 car household, on a DMP). I usually pay £15 to £20 per tyre depending on how good the tread is. I get them from a real rough and ready back-street garage and so I genuinely have no idea what has happened to them in the past and doubt the guys fitting them have any clue either. But what I do know is that touch wood, I have never had any issues.

However, there is always going to be someone who will have had a bad experience and say don't ever do it. My Dad would be going mental at me now if he knew, its just something he feels really strongly about.

I should say though that at the moment, neither car is doing anything other than very occasional motorway miles. I think if I were commuting up and down a motorway each day I may be tempted to stretch a bit to get some new budget ones just for a bit more piece of mind (and its what I was brought up to believe is right after all!)

As I said at the start, everyone will have a different opinion depending on experience and personal circumstances etc, but I for one think that if your not bombing up and down the motorway every day, they certainly are a cheap alternative.

DM

JustinR1979

When you buy a car the tyres are used, and could each have many puncture repairs. Don't know of anyone that buys a used car and changes all the tyres.
If they do have 7mm they sound a bargain to me.

BeenThroughItAll

JustinR1979 wrote: »

When you buy a car the tyres are used, and could each have many puncture repairs. Don't know of anyone that buys a used car and changes all the tyres.
If they do have 7mm they sound a bargain to me.

This is a very sensible point, although I'd personally still not purchase tyres I knew were puncture repaired.


When I buy a secondhand car, I do inspect the tyres very closely looking for puncture repairs, which are pretty easy to spot if you know what you're looking for. If there are any, I do replace the tyre at the earliest opportunity. Just my personal choice, I prefer to replace a tyre that's had a hole. Probably the motorcyclist in me. Puncture repairs on bike tyres are strictly a get-me-home fix.


Some may say it's extravagant and costly, but each to their own. I'm naturally risk-averse when it comes to safety.

JustinR1979

I wouldn't argue with you
Each to their own, I just don't see a problem with a small hole, the pressure alone almost seals it. I do my own repairs with a £5 kit off ebay, is what garage I've always gone to use. If it failed, very slow puncture.
On a bike I can see your point, can't see that being much fun on one tyre!

forgotmyname

The issue with those tyres is that they probably told the previous owner they would be unsafe to repair and cannot repair them. Then all of a sudden they repair them and sell them on. How many miles have the tyres done in a deflated condition?

JustinR1979

forgotmyname wrote: »

The issue with those tyres is that they probably told the previous owner they would be unsafe to repair and cannot repair them. Then all of a sudden they repair them and sell them on. How many miles have the tyres done in a deflated condition?

On any used car, or these tyres for sale?