I'm not confident in my ability to judge these tires from a marketplace ad.
All I reckon is good as as long as they:
1) aren't showing cord
2) not showing bald spots
3) no cracks
But I have no idea what type of life remains based on a photo ofthe little dot.
I'd be really grateful and interested in your thoughts and your reasoning. Assume I am an idiot 🙂
by PartyShitty
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Looks like they are basically brand new.
They’re brand new. ride them until they either start puncturing too often or those wear marks vanish
You can see the wear indicator divots in the tread. They look fully intact…So waer is not an issue. The general condition looks great…mount them & proceed to wear them out.
Those are suction cups to aid in traction on wet roads…
Lots of life. Used tires ftw. When that little dimple wears flat, it’s time to change. The rear one is the one on the right because it has more wear than the front one. You can tell because the rear usually wears way faster. The center line, which is where the tire is creased during manufacturing is worn out of it. The one on the left still has the manufacturing crease on it. Both these tires are pretty new. If I had to offer an extremely blind guess, I’d guess less than 25% wear. I’d personally buy these without too much concern, but I’d expect the price to be less than the price of 1 new one for the pair.
Top one less than 10% wear, you can still see the mold line down the center.
Bottom one maybe 20% worn, the molded in texture is worn off, and it is just starting to show a little flattening down the center from being used on the rear. The were indicator dimples are all clear and deep indicating a lot of life left (replace when the dimples disappear from the surrounding rubber being worn down).
you can still see the parting line from the mold going down the circumference. they are barely used
Today I learned about tire wear indicators.
My mind: “How would you asses wear these indicators?”
Run them till they are showing cords or dry rot, whichever comes first.