Makes me think, you know what would be a great feature on ST? A dedicated tire thread in the Classified section, or something equivalent, that could act as a marketplace where ST’ers could list tires available for buy/sell/trade.

Tires inhabit a niche where I think having a dedicated spot for this market would make sense and probably drive a lot more activity.

Plus I can be a bit of a tire hoarder myself and could really use something like that! Both as a buyer and seller.

^^^^^ Our shop has seen a few that are obviously counterfeit. I've gotten items from Amazon that are clearly counterfeit so I avoid buying anything from them if I can. I actually want brick and mortar to be around....

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Kiwami Racing Team

I've bought a lot of stuff from Tree Fort Bikes. They are local to me so I can choose to pick up in person or have it shipped. Their prices on most stuff is really good.

They are also the only shop around that I have allowed to work on my mountain bike.

This.

Occasional LBS purchase if I need something right away.

Occasional direct-from-manufacturer purchase like the new Goodyear models that don't yet appear to go through retail channels.

Bike Tires Direct
Amazon
LBS (for the last two sets actually)

Amazon.

Usually when I need tires, it is not planned. And I do not have the easy convenience of going to a nearby LBS. So, 2-day Prime is my huckleberry.

- Merlin Cycles, for the last few I've bought.
- Sigma Sports also in the past couple of years too.


I don't trust amazon with stuff my life depends on, due to counterfeits.

3 or 4 years ago and for the previous 10 years before that it would almost always have been Wiggle / CRC. But they just seem to have gone to shit in the past couple of years, mainly flogging tat and out of date / obsolete shiiite. Nothing good, and nothing in the right size, in stock.

most recent purchase of tires was from Trisports. The daily emails work - at least when they have a sale on something i need or want.

i used to use probikekit for tires, but haven't bought anything from them for a while.

Also, wonder how tubeless is impacting tire sales. i used to have a little stock of tires and would swap them every now and then just to try something different. i don't do that with my two tubeless set ups - just too much hassle.

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And the question remains. where were you.

Bike Tires Direct. Occasionally Excel if they don’t have what I’m looking for

+1

Excel sports do some great deals and are very up front about any feedback they get from riders.

My team recently got on a team deal with them and the discounts on tires are far better than anything available on the Internet.

I've bought mtb tires occasionally on eBay just to try out a different tread, but results have been very mixed. Last MTb tires I tried were schwalbe and the tubeless bead split on both after inflation. I think someone got hold of a bad batch and sold them off. Schwalbe are terrible for quality control as well. They either fail quickly or last forever in my experience.

direct from brand: https://tannusamerica.com/ If i where to buy air tires then from amazon. Thats basically where I get all bike parts now... used to support local shops but thanks to supply chain crisis of recent they told me to start buying online. Even starting to do more work myself

Bike Tires Direct. although i did just order the new 38mm Challenge Grifo CX tire directly from Challenge since you cant get it anywhere else currently

same here and the other 10% is the LBS if I need them now for some reason

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Andy Mullen
Team Zoot