dont you just love tires ........(rant)

[Geodude]

Doh, bad luck Dan, its worth checking out that avon guarantee before you shell out on a new one.

[Paul the 6th]

Think there's an old chinese proverb in here somewhere?

Man who run behind bike get exhausted. Man who run in front of car get tyred.

[Jayneflakes]

Originally Posted by JamesMio

I think the lad's actually dyslexic..?

I think that you are right.

Also, if your computer spell checker uses American English, tires will get through unchecked, but tyres gets the big red underline of doubt!

I was shocked yesterday to discover that school children in this day and age do not use a fountain pen for written work! It is a disgrace if you ask me!

Fountain pens are messy! When I was at school a few years ago everyone used to stamp on the cartidges and spray ink everywhere, so they were banned.

[dyzio]

That's nothing, ManxMatt managed to puncture his tyre on the AR, got recovered, fitted a new tyre, rode back to the campsite and... punctured the new one.

Now that's

Originally Posted by dyzio

That's nothing, ManxMatt managed to puncture his tyre on the AR, got recovered, fitted a new tyre, rode back to the campsite and... punctured the new one.

Now that's

haha

going to give the company that fitted my tyres a call in a min and see what they say

Let us know how you get on speaking to the tyre company. I work for cooper tire, the company that took over avon tyres, (although we still use AVON as a brand name) If you dont have any joy i will make a call to a couple of guys that i know in the motorcycle dept and see what we can sort out. or at least get you all the correct info on the puncture guarantee.

Colin.

Originally Posted by Pimp Cat

Let us know how you get on speaking to the tyre company. I work for cooper tire, the company that took over avon tyres, (although we still use AVON as a brand name) If you dont have any joy i will make a call to a couple of guys that i know in the motorcycle dept and see what we can sort out. or at least get you all the correct info on the puncture guarantee.

Colin.

cool thanks

the company i got the tire from are not named as a dealer on your site does this matter ?

thanks

[CheGuevara]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

the round black things on your wheels are TYRES.

From Wiki:

Tire is the older spelling, but both were used in the 15th and 16th centuries (for a metal tire). Tire became the settled spelling in the 17th century but tyre was revived in the UK in the 19th century for rubber / pneumatic tyres, possibly because it was used in some patent documents, though many continued to use tire for the iron variety. The Times newspaper was still using tire as late as 1905.

Also:

The Oxford dictionary, the British standard, says tyre is a variant spelling of tire (implying that tire is the more etymologically correct spelling). Regarding the spelling, the dictionary’s entry under “Tire” says:
“From 15th to 17th c. spelt tire and tyre indifferently. Before 1700 tyre became generally obsolete, and tire remained the regular form, as it still does in America; but in Great Britain tyre has been revived as the popular term for the rubber rim of bicycle, tricycle, carriage, or motor car wheels, and is sometimes used for the steel tires of locomotive wheels.”

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Avon guarantee you against a puncture for the first 1mm of wear on all motorcycle tyres. They have done for years, but don't advertise the fact these days. Some folks on here have successfully used it.

They do, as I used it when the VRap got a new Avon Ultra 'tyre' (only joshing barwel )

I got a whole 8 miles out of the first, when Peg put a nice big dirty nail in it!

One free tyre from Avon