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I will probably get ripped apart for this but genuine question do Bike Tyres have a Speed or Load rating like Car tyres.
I've heard of pros getting upto 70 mph, the fastest I've been is 43 mph on the MTB so just wondered ?
Not officially, as they don't have to have Type Approval - I got into a big argument with an idiot at the DfT about electric bikes because he thought they all had to have type-approved tyres like mopeds.
I had a specialized one delaminate at over 50 coming down from windy hill and it kept catching on the forks on the road bike, cacked myself
My hunch would be that bike tyres don't build up heat in the same way at speed
I once read about the guys doing drafted speed records on the salt flats, hitting 150+mph. They had to use tyres that had been made specially for high speed solar cars IIRC. This was due to normal bikes tyres de-laminating.
I got into a big argument with an idiot at the DfT about electric bikes because he thought they all had to have type-approved tyres like mopeds
Why would it be so idiotic if they did?
Because lecy bikes are only made to do 15mph ,ie half sloped speed
Oh, I thought they were quicker than that. Not that an old lady's ever overtaken me on one, no sir, definitely not!