18 Jul 2007 at 15:51 #1 R@tman R@tman Associate Joined 21 Jul 2005 Posts 790 Location Wakefield why do tyres only come in black ? is it illegal to have coloured tyres ? can they make different coloured tyres ?
why do tyres only come in black ? is it illegal to have coloured tyres ? can they make different coloured tyres ?
18 Jul 2007 at 15:56 #2 Confused Confused Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 8,016 I think they're black because they've always been black! Plus black tyres look the same on any colour car - green tyres on a pink car would look a little odd No reason I can see why they can't colour the tyres. You can get drift tyres that give off coloured smoke! There's also probably not an overly large market for them, hence why you wouldn't have seen them on general sale!
I think they're black because they've always been black! Plus black tyres look the same on any colour car - green tyres on a pink car would look a little odd No reason I can see why they can't colour the tyres. You can get drift tyres that give off coloured smoke! There's also probably not an overly large market for them, hence why you wouldn't have seen them on general sale!
18 Jul 2007 at 16:13 #3 Lopéz Lopéz Man of Honour Joined 17 Oct 2002 Posts 29,313 Location Ottakring, Vienna. You can definitely get tyres with coloured tread sections, I've seen them.
18 Jul 2007 at 16:27 #4 atpbx atpbx Soldato Joined 21 Oct 2002 Posts 21,454 I imagine they would be more expensive, would look grubby very quickly and there hasnt been a lot of call for them. Dont they make tyres that will generate coloured smoke when you do burnouts?
I imagine they would be more expensive, would look grubby very quickly and there hasnt been a lot of call for them. Dont they make tyres that will generate coloured smoke when you do burnouts?
18 Jul 2007 at 16:34 #5 panthro panthro Soldato Joined 19 Nov 2004 Posts 12,630 Location Wokingham I once had some orange Continentals on my mountain bike.
18 Jul 2007 at 16:37 #6 iBot iBot Permabanned Joined 12 Sep 2005 Posts 3,303 Location England Because its cheap to make colourless long lasting tires. You can get coloured ones and selectivly coloured ones.
Because its cheap to make colourless long lasting tires. You can get coloured ones and selectivly coloured ones.
18 Jul 2007 at 16:38 #7 Zip Zip Soldato Joined 26 Jun 2005 Posts 20,224 Location Australia From what ive read tired start off a yellow colour. They are black because they die them(from what i read) You can get white walls remember
From what ive read tired start off a yellow colour. They are black because they die them(from what i read) You can get white walls remember
18 Jul 2007 at 16:42 #8 spp spp Associate Joined 15 Nov 2006 Posts 552 I think it has something to do with carbon black being added to the tyre for durablity.
18 Jul 2007 at 16:44 #9 MikeHunt79 MikeHunt79 Soldato Joined 4 Jan 2004 Posts 20,802 Location ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've seen quite a few push bikes with pink tyres
18 Jul 2007 at 16:46 #10 eidolon eidolon Soldato Joined 31 Oct 2002 Posts 13,892 Location Newcastle upon Tyne MikeHunt79 said: I've seen quite a few push bikes with pink tyres Click to expand... I've got sexy blue ones on my road bike.
MikeHunt79 said: I've seen quite a few push bikes with pink tyres Click to expand... I've got sexy blue ones on my road bike.