Used bikes are out of tune!. If you are buying your used mountain bikes or your used road bikes online, or anyplace else outside of a bike shop, bring them to the bike shop for inspection, and tune up. After the tune up go for a test ride: if the bike doesn’t ride the way you want it to, or anything’s broken, or it’s missing parts, fix it!.
There are rumors circulating that settling for used truck tires mean settling for something with inferior quality. This is not true. Do not be swayed by this false notion. These are cheap tires, yes; but inferior? Only when you buy them from unreliable sources. It is true that there are some dealers that sell substandard and cheap tires that are no longer safe to be used in any type of vehicle. And this is very dangerous because mounting substandard products can harm not only the driver and passengers of the truck but also the other commuters and pedestrians.
What you have here is a very hard piece of rubber that has elastic properties and can withstand a lot of pressure. Don’t you think you can find any use for such tires? Well, you be surprised at the number of uses that used tires of trucks have been put to.
Take out the telephone directory and look for «Tire Retreading» in the Yellow Pages. Call each name on the list and canvas their offered prices for rc hydro. Also ask each shop if they have restrictions on the number and type of tires, since some have specifications. Peak season for tire retreaders is in the late summer and early fall, so take advantage of the fact that they might offer higher prices at this time.
It’s usually safe to buy tires that have the correct load rating recommended by the manufacturer. If you decide to go for bigger tires for a better look, buy one with the same load rating as the one recommended by the manufacturer. It’s also important to buy rims that fit your tire too.
Mistake #4: I got the tires and was pleased because they looked good! They made my 11 year old car actually look like I was one of those guys who knew how to make his ride look cool. Off I went. I was extremely busy running my consulting business; I didn’t make the regularly scheduled rotations.
