{"id":182,"date":"2016-12-18T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpvolyoomfit.wpengine.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2016-12-18T11:00:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-18T17:00:37","slug":"cycleops-indoor-training-tire-disintegrates-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.360velo.com\/cycleops-indoor-training-tire-disintegrates-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"CycleOps Indoor Training Tire Disintegrates in 30 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

CycleOps Indoor Training Tire<\/h2>\n

Before purchasing the\u00a0Tacx Neo<\/a>\u00a0direct drive indoor trainer, I spent\u00a0many hours on a Computrainer<\/a> with resistance created against a road tire. \u00a0I first started with a traditional Continental outdoor road tire: the\u00a0Grand Prix 4000s II<\/a>. \u00a0This tire lasted a few thousand miles, but was more expensive than an indoor training tire. \u00a0The Grand Prix\u00a0performed great and I recommend it for a trainer setup or outdoor riding in all seasons. \u00a0It\u2019s my go-to tire for most of\u00a0my training rides. \u00a0However, to save a few bucks I tried the CycleOps Indoor Trainer Tire<\/a>. \u00a0The CycleOps Indoor tire cost about\u00a0$35 compared to $75 for the Grand Prix 4000s II.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Indoor Tires are Hard to Put on<\/h2>\n
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CycleOps Training Tire Yellow<\/p><\/div>\n

By their very nature, indoor training tires are stiff. \u00a0They don\u2019t need to grip the road on turns or wet surfaces. \u00a0This hard casing is immediately apparent when you first handle the tire. \u00a0They are difficult to fold and the wear surface is rigid. \u00a0Being so inflexible, the CycleOps Training Tire was next to impossible to put on the wheel. \u00a0It took more than 15 minutes to do it, and I had to break the \u201ceffort\u201d up into two \u201cintervals\u201d. \u00a0I ultimately resorted to the dreaded tire leaver to wedge the last 6 inches of the tire onto the rim. \u00a0On one occasion this resulted in a pinched tube: \u00a0do over\u2026 \u00a0The effort required to put this tire on a wheel should, by itself, be enough to convince any cyclist to use a traditional outdoor tire on an\u00a0indoor trainer. \u00a0<\/strong>And I don\u2019t think this characteristic is limited to the CycleOps tire. \u00a0My Continental Indoor Tire is just as rigid.<\/p>\n

Tire Disintegration<\/h2>\n

Shortly after going through the pain of getting the CycleOps Indoor Tire on the wheel, it started to self-destruct. \u00a0By that I mean the wear surface started to \u201cgum\u201d up and slowly melt off. \u00a0In the gallery below you can see all the debris that are thrown off the tire (note the first image with the blacks speckles all over the plywood). \u00a0In subsequent photos you can see the \u201cgumming\u201d effect on the tire surface. \u00a0The surface wears away and then gums up on the tire in the form of black, gooey blobs. \u00a0Over the next few hundred miles the wear surface became\u00a0so worn down, the outside edges of the tire started to lose its structure and bulge as shown in the video below.<\/p>\n

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CycleOps Training Tire Bulge Video<\/h2>\n

This video shows the bulges that formed in my\u00a0CycleOps Training Tire<\/a> after about 30 days, or 1,000 miles of use. \u00a0Because of the gooey discharge, rapid wear, and bulging\u00a0sidewall, I though the tire was defective. \u00a0I bought another to test that theory, but the second one failed just as fast as the first.<\/p>\n