Goodyear Tires?

[scott43]

Who knew??

Goodyear gets racy with Ultra High-Performance road

Goodyear expands its road cycling tire lineup to include various widths and a tubeless tire.

www.velonews.com

 

[Ron]

who knew what? Goodyear has been making Road tires?

 

[Philpug]

who knew what? Goodyear has been making Road tires?

Michelin and Bridgestone also do, are the other auto tire companies making bike tires too?

 

[Ron]

perelli & Continental too

 

[scott43]

I had no idea Goodyear was making bicycle tires.. Who's clueless??
<----- This guy!!!

 

[scott43]

It's cute..they keep the same names as the car tires.. So this makes me believe there must be decent margins in bicycle tires...

 

[Ron]

thats OK, Who knew Healthcare was complicated....

 

[Ron]

It's cute..they keep the same names as the car tires.. So this makes me believe there must be decent margins in bicycle tires...

considering the average bike tire's MSRP is about 65-75, I am sure there's a lot of opportunities to use the same technology for bike tires. Continental makes the best road bike tire out there (apart from pro-race) 5000TL

 

[princo]

It's cute..they keep the same names as the car tires.. So this makes me believe there must be decent margins in bicycle tires...

considering the average bike tire's MSRP is about 65-75, I am sure there's a lot of opportunities to use the same technology for bike tires. Continental makes the best road bike tire out there (apart from pro-race) 5000TL

If the average car tire is approx 30 lbs and a road bike tire of .67 lbs (300 grs), using 1/45 of the material in a bike tire and selling it at half the price of a car tire is not a bad investment opportunity.

 

[cantunamunch]

If the average car tire is approx 30 lbs and a road bike tire of .67 lbs (300 grs), using 1/45 of the material in a bike tire and selling it at half the price of a car tire is not a bad investment opportunity.

Always assuming your re-engineering cost is nil, especially in road tires; no bike tire corners like a car tire nor reaches car rubber temps.

I had no idea Goodyear was making bicycle tires.. Who's clueless??
<----- This guy!!!

They had them at Sea Otter two years ago - IIRC you were busy growing the family.

Michelin and Bridgestone also do, are the other auto tire companies making bike tires too?

Vredestein. Dunlop did for a while but have almost completely vanished. Guessing you don't want to include motorcycle tire makers like Maxxis? But did you know that Kenda make car tires?