Breaking in new tires

[Rolavine]

I just got a new rear tire and did my normal break in thing with it. I realized no one ever told me the best way to do this and that what I do just seemed to make sense.

I took the rural route to work so there are very few cars and I rode serpentines whenever possible trying to grind offt any slippery compounds from the tire while getting to the sides of the tread.

what do you do?

I did a quick google and didn't find a common approach.

If this has been disussed here before, sorry I couldn't find it with the search.

 

[luvtoride]

belt sander? Makes erasing any chicken strips really easy, too!

 

[Foxhuntr]

There have been some threads about this. Some spend time sanding or abraiding the tire by hand before riding. I just ride a little bit more cautiously for the first 100 miles or so. By that time I've forgotton I've got a new tire and go back to riding the way I always do!

 

[stevec677]

Just ride like an adult. After 50 miles: ride like you're 20 years old!!!!!! It keeps me young at heart.

 

[BikerGeek99]

There have been some threads about this. Some spend time sanding or abraiding the tire by hand before riding. I just ride a little bit more cautiously for the first 100 miles or so. By that time I've forgotton I've got a new tire and go back to riding the way I always do!

+1.

Had a new rear put on at EOM. After riding from Freedom back to the hotel (~80-ish miles), the next morning we went on the 2-up group ride. THAT got the tire scuffed in.

Now I'm scuffing in my new PR2's before SFO...

 

[luvtoride]

FYI... I was joking about the belt sander.

 

[Ignacio]

One of the better recurring threads on the subject IMO. Found with tire scrub site:fjrforum.com at Google.

 

[Rolavine]

Thanks for the link.

I think I'll just do what I've been doing, the slow serpentines on the rural roads building to more lean.