Wont be surprised if some people already know this, or if there’s an even better solution out there, but it’s news to me so I thought I’d share.
Just swapped this moderately used thickslick onto my current project bike, didn’t think to get a before photo (because I didn’t expect it to work so well), but it was pretty grimey. (which I didn’t mind: Don’t run white rubber expecting it to stay pretty).
I was watching some Berm Peak videos while dialing in the chain tension, and they showed how awesome goo gone is for cleaning up rubber grips, and I had a bottle of it on my bench anyways, so I thought I’d try wiping down the tire, and it worked GREAT.
Obviously this tire isn’t ‘like new’, it’s still got all the wear it had before, and it’s not quite as bright as when it was new, but this is the best it’s looked since it was first installed. I usually wipe my bikes down when I’ve got them on the stand, and I’ve randomly tried things like rubbing alcohol in the past just to see if they could brighten up the rubber, but nothing else has ever made this big of a difference.
So, if you are running colorful tires, and you wanna freshen them up once in a while, and you’ve got some Goo Gone knocking around, give it a try.
After a few miles the tire is getting dirty again of course, but it’s still noticeably better than it was before, and if you’re the sort of bike nerd who likes to pretty their ride up once in a while and take photos, this is cheap, easy, and surprisingly effective.
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How about you just throw the white thickslick in the fuckin garbage and get a real tire
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Wont be surprised if some people already know this, or if there’s an even better solution out there, but it’s news to me so I thought I’d share.
Just swapped this moderately used thickslick onto my current project bike, didn’t think to get a before photo (because I didn’t expect it to work so well), but it was pretty grimey. (which I didn’t mind: Don’t run white rubber expecting it to stay pretty).
I was watching some Berm Peak videos while dialing in the chain tension, and they showed how awesome goo gone is for cleaning up rubber grips, and I had a bottle of it on my bench anyways, so I thought I’d try wiping down the tire, and it worked GREAT.
Obviously this tire isn’t ‘like new’, it’s still got all the wear it had before, and it’s not quite as bright as when it was new, but this is the best it’s looked since it was first installed. I usually wipe my bikes down when I’ve got them on the stand, and I’ve randomly tried things like rubbing alcohol in the past just to see if they could brighten up the rubber, but nothing else has ever made this big of a difference.
So, if you are running colorful tires, and you wanna freshen them up once in a while, and you’ve got some Goo Gone knocking around, give it a try.
After a few miles the tire is getting dirty again of course, but it’s still noticeably better than it was before, and if you’re the sort of bike nerd who likes to pretty their ride up once in a while and take photos, this is cheap, easy, and surprisingly effective.
How about you just throw the white thickslick in the fuckin garbage and get a real tire
smart didn’t think of it