Do ebikes burn more rubber?

[Clockwise]

I know another odd question but today I went out for a bike ride on my regular bike around/across london. Stopped off in an evans to see if they had the 1 ebike listed online and to check out some locks and frame tape(they didn't have any of that) and panniers and things. They then asked the obvious what is it for and I said getting to work and then they tried really hard to sell me a really tall fixie thing with a handful of badly aimed ebike myths spewing out as they did.

Anyway the one that maybe had a tiny bit of belief was that an ebike could use up more rubber. I have noticed a few of the bikes I am looking at and ebikes in general make a point of mentioning they come with some decent tyres but I sort of scanned over it as after a while I would be putting a new set on.

But yeah, more often than non ebikes?

 

[ghouluk]

never quite figured out why the majority of normal/proper/legacy bike shops dislike e-bikes so much - stupid to reject something that a/broadens the market b/sells with less discounting c/gives them better attach sales, but they do.

tyres wear faster, as you use the bike more (funny thing about it being sat in the shed - 0 miles, tyres don't wear out) seriously it might be a little harder on tyres (as your average speed may be higher, maybe you'll brake more, and the bikes are a bit heavier) but I would guess this is a small percentage in the grand scheme of things. Sure one of the guys who knows more than me will give a better answer.

but from my perspective, as a good set of puncture proof tyres costs you 30.00 or so, i don't reckon this is a big issue.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

I had a normal town bike on which I did about 300 miles in 15 years. When I got my first Ebike, I did 3000 miles in the first year after which the tyres were about half worn, while as the tyres on the other bike still looked like new apart from the cracked side-walls. Therefore, it's true that ebikes wear out their tyres faster, but like all statistical facts, you have to look at the facts behind them to make sense of them.

 

[D C]

I've always used at least two rears to one front in the past before I had front wheel drive. I suspect that the front will now wear much quicker as it scrabbles about for grip on rough roads but maybe the back will wear less quickly as the load is spread between two wheels. Braking hard also wears tyres and skidding is the worst thing you can do.
It might be worth swopping tyres front to back when you see one wearing more than the other but it's a lot of messing about and then you end up having to buy two new ones at the same time.
I wouldn't worry about it too much, the quicker they wear out the more fun you're having.

 

[Clockwise]

That's good news, they seemed to give the impression that an ebike would mean changing the wheels every other week as 'bikes aren't supposed to have motors'. I'm good with 6 months, tho I mountain bike now I used to bmx and tyres didn't last ages before they wore down and/or had a nasty landing and a chunk out of them.

 

[flecc]

Depending on the tyre, the e-bike power and whether rear or front e-drive, for me its been 5000 to over 8000 miles a tyre on the electrically driven wheel.

 

[billadie]

The last set of tyres lasted about 9,000 miles front and 10,000 rear on a front hub bike. The tyres were Kenda kevlar reinfored. In that time I had one puncture. The tyres were replaced because the tread peeled off. In each case the tyre still held air and i was able to complete my journey.
Don't think you have anything to worry about.