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Originally posted by Greg Gauper:
And yes, I did pay $65/tire for my first set, back in 1998. They lasted quite a while. Had to finally toss them at the start of last season due to dryrot in the sidewalls, otherwise I had about 50% tread left. They got used about 10 times during that period.
I think this is the best point. Depending on how often you run, how much it rains and how good your tire vendor support is on race weekends, you might just be better off bringing the spare wheels each weekend and hold off on buying rain tires until you really need them. Due to aging issues, I think that the quoted life of the average tire is about 5 years before they degrade to the point of being dangerous.