Wear mark on Avons ?

[stardbog]

I Have about 9000 mils on my Avons by now, and they look little flat on center. Preparing to go to Ashville, I dont want to take last mile out of tire. Can somebody tell me where are those wearing marks on tire.

 

Thanks.

[V7Goose]

Around both sides near the edge of the tread there are several small "TWI" marks (tire wear indicator). These don't seem very useful to me on the Venoms, however, as they curve across the tire and are not really visible except near the edge where the tire never wears out. If you do go by the tire wear indicator, you need to make sure you find one that crosses a tread groove in the center of the tire (not all do).

 

Here is my suggestion for the Venom - there are very few tread grooves that cross the center, and even fewer that run all the way from one side to the other (there are only four of them, and each one ends near one of the snake heads in the side of the tread). Because of this, the center of the tire can look good longer than it really is! As the tire gets near end of life, those few tread grooves that run all the way across can disappear in the center and start to look just like the other groves that only run part way. That is the key - turn the tire to find each of those groves that run all the way from one side to the other and look at the tire right in the center. As long as the groove is still well defined there, you are good. I suggest looking at all four of those grooves because a tire does not always wear perfectly even.

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