WHERE do you buy your bike tires? (Now that I know WHAT you buy.)

Triathlon Forum
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when i go shopping for tires i see:

backcountry/competitive cyclist
bikeinn
bike tires direct
the bikesmiths

PBK is going out of business. chain wiggle seems no longer to be a deal? where are you getting your tires?

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Amazon and slow twitch classified (bought a lot of new mountain and road tires from classified - must be from hoarders who eventually realize they will never used all their tires).

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Amazon and slow twitch classified (bought a lot of new mountain and road tires from classified - must be from hoarders who eventually realize they will never used all their tires).

+2
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I just bought GP5000s on Amazon for around 30% less than my local shop.

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eBay and Amazon
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when i go shopping for tires i see:

  1. backcountry/competitive cyclist
    bikeinn
  2. bike tires direct
    the bikesmiths

PBK is going out of business. chain wiggle seems no longer to be a deal? where are you getting your tires?

  1. bike tires direct - great deals when I was in the market and great service
  2. bike closet - solid communication when items were backordered
  3. backcountry/cc mostly for other things but solid service (gear heads 😀) overall
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Besides the usual places, as an American sometimes I purchase tires from bike24.de when they don’t yet have them available in the US. For example, no US distributor was going to have the new 35mm GP5000 All-Season TR available until end of August. I purchased them from Bike24 back in July.

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Wherever is the cheapest I can find what I want. I got deals from Merlin Cycles in the past, Chain Reaction Cycle too. Ebay for specific finds. My LBS if I need to pay retail.

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LBS, either what they have in stock or they will order if necessary
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Another vote for biketiresdirect.

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Bike Tires Direct
Amazon.

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Hands down ebay.

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Merlin UK shipped to Canada.
For GP 5000, their price - $49 Cad
My LBS price in Canada - $114 Cad

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when i go shopping for tires i see:

backcountry/competitive cyclist
bikeinn
bike tires direct
the bikesmiths

PBK is going out of business. chain wiggle seems no longer to be a deal? where are you getting your tires?

all yours plus

Excelsports (best deal on Vittorias at times)
MerlinCycles (always have the European Pro stuff first, was getting 26mm Vittoria Corsa Tubulars from them)

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Same here.

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bike24.com in Germany
I’ve been buying from them for years.
By far the best price on German tires anywhere. Continental and Schwalbe

20 euros for shipping, I normally buy 6 to 10 tires at a time.
No VAT
I have my order normally within 10 business days. Sometimes a little more or less.

They even have 650C Schwalbe tires.

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I just bought GP5000s on Amazon for around 30% less than my local shop.

anywhere is usually 30-60% cheaper than local shops…

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I usually go on Google shopping search and look for the lowest price. Usually I also manually check a few additional sites (such as amazon, bike24, bikeinn) if they don’t appear on my Google search.

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My local bike shop, and I have them mount them tubeless with sealant for me as well.

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LBS and Amazon
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