Tyre price increase alert
Re: Tyre price increase alert
To add to the problems of global price rises and lack of supply, most of the UK tyre dealers get their stocks from the EU so we have to pay the additional Brexit surcharge.
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Re: Tyre price increase alert
The Global economy is great for keeping prices down and profits up ........ until the point where Global politics take a dump. Fortunately all our bikes have tyres fitted or spares in stock to last 10k miles each, more by luck than judgement.
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Re: Tyre price increase alert
i get through lots of tyres, in a typical year get through 4 rears and 2-3 fronts.
Funny thing is a set I got in mid May cost me the same as a set 3 years earlier, same tyres, same specs, same bike.
That set from May is being replaced next week on the same bike and same price again. The rear will be gone by November.
All Bridgestone BT45/46.
Funny thing is a set I got in mid May cost me the same as a set 3 years earlier, same tyres, same specs, same bike.
That set from May is being replaced next week on the same bike and same price again. The rear will be gone by November.
All Bridgestone BT45/46.
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Re: Tyre price increase alert
The biggest increases are on the cheaper makes of tyres.
Like I said: I'm buying Michelin and Bridgestone for our cars now...I've always had Kleiber before. But there's only single figure £ difference now. I'm hoping that improved fuel economy, tyre life etc will more than make up the difference.
A bloke I know at a big tyre manufacturer says that's because a larger proportion of the cost of a premium tyre is r&d, marketing etc while the budget makes use compounds that were developed decades ago and depend upon selling on price. Transport from low-wage economies and the basic ingredients of a tyre (steel, carbon black, rubber, energy) have all gone way up. The race to the bottom in the tyre market is over, it seems.
Like I said: I'm buying Michelin and Bridgestone for our cars now...I've always had Kleiber before. But there's only single figure £ difference now. I'm hoping that improved fuel economy, tyre life etc will more than make up the difference.
A bloke I know at a big tyre manufacturer says that's because a larger proportion of the cost of a premium tyre is r&d, marketing etc while the budget makes use compounds that were developed decades ago and depend upon selling on price. Transport from low-wage economies and the basic ingredients of a tyre (steel, carbon black, rubber, energy) have all gone way up. The race to the bottom in the tyre market is over, it seems.