I bought some cheapo halfords tyres 700cx28mm ive done maybe 5km on them to the petrol station and back around km each way. No potholes no massive bumps. The tyre has got a bulge on the side and has two areas of damage. Ive since taken it back to halfords and been told they wont refund it as its a wear item. But its 11 days old and done about 5km cant say it should wear it out. Just trying to get peoples opinions on why it's bulged and am i wrong for taking it back even though it was refused by the manager of the store. The rim has no marking the edges are smooth and flat and i have run them at the pressure stated on the tyre.
by FinePraline7664
13 Comments
Did you have a hard time installing them?
That tire is done. It’s probably dry rotted from sitting on backstock for years. Take it back and get a new one. Or better yet just get your money back and take your bike somewhere else
It’s not necessarily defective, but it is damaged. It might be super old, or it might have been scraped on something or whatever. I’m not surprised that they won’t take it back because it’s very hard to diagnose how that damage happened, but you definitely should stop riding it.
It’s a defective tyre. It’s annoying but they are probably terrible quality anyway for this to happen. I would buy a quality tyre and chalk it up to experience, myself.
Don’t run the pressure stated on the tire. That is the MAX pressure. That shouldn’t have ruined the tires, but just wanted to point that out.
The tire is definitely bad and they should take it back.
Yeah, that cracking on the bead line is not something that happens in 11 days on a fresh tire. Even riding uninflated won’t create this specific wear pattern.
The tire was dead before they sold it to you. If the shop won’t comp a new tire for this, they should lose you as a customer forever. I wouldn’t trust any work out of this shop ever again.
They’re either scamming you and they know they sold you garbage (which is bad) or they don’t know enough about bicycle components to understand how this would happen (also bad). So either way the shop is no good. Move on to a different one if you can.
Worst case, if they’re the only shop in town, buy some tires with higher turnover or more protective packaging, those are much less likely to be dry rotted in storage.
Good luck!
Life is too short to ride cheap tires.
Old tyre.
Just learn the lesson, buy something better, write a review, never go back there.
It’s just not worth to argue over 40 bucks with brainwashed sheep.
Is there a manufacture date on the tire somewhere? If they sold you an old tire that has dry rot, the date will prove it. I know how to determine it on a car tire, but I’m not sure about bike tires.
Five km and already falling apart? That’s dry rot from old stock, not wear. Halfords head office might be more helpful than the shop manager.
Never buy tires (for anything) on price. You’ll pay 10x in grief.
edit to add: a mediocre bike on great tires is better than a great bike on mediocre tires
Yes, you re in the wrong for buying cheap tires. Now your money is time.