Re: Speed, load & temp limits for bike tires

<bp@www.zefox.net> wrote:

Is anybody aware of testing results for the speed, load and
temperature limits of bicycle tires? Something like the DOT
specs for load range and speed rating for auto tires, but
applied to bicycle tires? It's obviously not relevant to
bikes apart from tandems engaged in downhill racing. Perhaps
not even that.

I’m not aware of temperature limits, but certainly Schwable tyres will
mostly have a E bike specification E-25 or E-50, and a load weight, some
tyres due to their age will not.

Are some cargo bike specific tyres if you have heavy duty use case, I’d be
inclined to pay more attention to the tyres intended use than the load
weights in particular!

 
This is an admittedly obscure question, but maybe there's an
answer lurking somwehere I've not found. Probably manufactureres
do it as part of design and production quality control, but whether
results leak into the public sphere is unclear. I ask because I have
a very nice bike cargo trailer (cycletote) which I've pondered
attaching to a small motorcycle. It isn't something I'd do
under normal circumstances, of course. Merely wondering what
might be possible in a pinch.
 

Probably depends on use! Ie how heavy the load and how fast.

Thanks for reading,
 
bob prohaska
 
 
 
 
 

Roger Merriman