How retro are these tyres??

[fattiman]

Panaracer Fire XC?
I had a pair in 1997 if i remember on my LTS! Can anyone confirm their retro credentials?

 

[FluffyChicken]

1998
http://web.archive.org/web/199802120923 ... /fire.html

They are not on the website on Dec 1997, just start of 1998 saying they are new.

Hence modern tat ;-). Even if they work quite well and are 15 years old.

 

[fattiman]

ha cool, thanks for that - retro enough for me then

 

[feetabix]

i agree.....generally retro tyres look good, but perform badly......it all got much better around the turn of the millenia!.....

 

[Bryncrug72]

I'm planning on using new smokes but keeping them for "special" occasions and using charge splashbacks for everyday I like the retro look but don't trust old tyres !
From what I've heard splashbacks aren't a bad tyre and they are cheap ! You can get a pair off fleabay for £23 !

 

[FluffyChicken]

Splashbacks.... Mine have now come off the bike since the past few weeks of rain has tendered the slipbacks useless.

They'll be back out next year when it dries up.

 

[Osella]

I too have suffered with slippy splashbacks.. not sure though whether this is because they were new and just in need of a bit of scrubbing in.
Still, swapped for a well used set of Bonty XR2's. Not that retro, but less likely to end up in a heap. Depends on priorities I guess!

 

[Bryncrug72]

I was only going on what I had heard.
If I'm honest even tho my bike is not going to be ready till spring, I was planning to use the splashbacks for towpath runs, if I'm going off-road it would be the smokes or nobby nics, it would really depend on the weather and conditions, my garage already looks like a tyre factory so I have a few to choose from !
Will take your advice on the "slipbacks" tho !
The way I was thinking is modern tyre that looks the retro part with out the crumbly rubber !

 

[euphras_1]

Are the Halo Choir Master 2.35" retro enough for you? :xmas-big-grin:

 

[Osella]

Yes! Those are awesome, if a little heavy..