Xmax 300 tyre pressure

[lenny]

I check tyre pressures at least once a week, the first few times set to handbook recommendations. Then for some reason, possibly age related, I reverted to 36/42 psi, the same as my last 4 bikes. Now at 4500 miles the centre rear tread is down to 2mm and I felt slight disappointment with the wear rate. A little bit of anger and a bit more embarrassment, still at 66, I'm still not too old to learn lessons.

[rayb]

I'm no expert but I looked at the recommended pressure and it says 29psi. If you have it at 42psi then there's likely to be less contact with the road and consequently more wear.

66, a positive youngster

[StephenC]

Difficult for me to comment on wear rate as I fitted winter tyres but over-inflation generally leads to wear on the centre

I can tell you about the brake pads though - just having the fronts replaced at 5500 miles. I commute into central London so I would guess that might count as heavy use?