Does anyone know (or can measure) their Canyon's rear tire tread depth?

[Tslepebull]

Does anyone know (or can you measure) what the tread depth is for a new Canyon rear tire? I looked all over the internet and this forum and I have found nothing. My Canyon currently has 4000 miles on it and the tread depth is 8/32 but I don't know what the starting depth was. I want to estimate miles to change prior to a 5000 mile trip next spring. I had the bright idea to visit my dealer this morning and measure the depth of the new Canyon they had sitting on the floor. However, my nepharious plan was foiled because they sold it last week.

 

[racoon]

A bit of searching and I found that rear tire on a Canyon is a K225/50R15 84H.
More time with Google says it has a tread depth of 8 mm, or .315 inches.
8/32 is .25 inches, so you are showing 0.065 inches of wear.

 

[jjc54]

Don't know if the wear is linear. I thought that I read from a past post that the wear was faster at the beginning and then slowed.

 

[Tslepebull]

Thank you both. This gives me a place to start. I can now monitor wear from here and see how things go as I get more miles prior to my trip. In my case if the tire was 10/32 (0.315) new and has worn to 8/32 (0.250) in 4000 miles a conservative estimate would be another 6,000 miles of wear before reaching 3/32. I will likely be sourcing a replacement tire prior to leaving on my trip.

 

[racoon]

Thank you both. This gives me a place to start. I can now monitor wear from here and see how things go as I get more miles prior to my trip. In my case if the tire was 10/32 (0.315) new and has worn to 8/32 (0.250) in 4000 miles a conservative estimate would be another 6,000 miles of wear before reaching 3/32. I will likely be sourcing a replacement tire prior to leaving on my trip.

I think I'd start checking for wear bars about 3,000 miles from now.

 

[Knizar]

Thank you both. This gives me a place to start. I can now monitor wear from here and see how things go as I get more miles prior to my trip. In my case if the tire was 10/32 (0.315) new and has worn to 8/32 (0.250) in 4000 miles a conservative estimate would be another 6,000 miles of wear before reaching 3/32. I will likely be sourcing a replacement tire prior to leaving on my trip.

10,000 miles is exceptional for most Kenda tires, have a replacement available. You will double the mileage with a car tire.

 

[Tslepebull]

10,000 miles is exceptional for most Kenda tires, have a replacement available. You will double the mileage with a car tire.

I only got about 8,500 miles on the stock Kenda tire of my Ryker Rally before I switched to car tires. Surprisingly, the first replacement car tire on the Ryker was a Forceum Henna which also wore in the middle by 8,500 miles (even with only 18 psi). The second replacement rear was an Americus Sport HP which had about 5,000 miles on it and still looked ok when I traded it for my Canyon. I am not particularly heavy, don't ride with a passenger, and I am not a hot rod but the chip seal roads here in East Texas are particularly hard on tires. I was just hopeful (maybe in denial) that the XPS off-road style tire would be of stronger construction than the other Kendas and last longer.

 

[Knizar]

I only got about 8,500 miles on the stock Kenda tire of my Ryker Rally before I switched to car tires. Surprisingly, the first replacement car tire on the Ryker was a Forceum Henna which also wore in the middle by 8,500 miles (even with only 18 psi). The second replacement rear was an Americus Sport HP which had about 5,000 miles on it and still looked ok when I traded it for my Canyon. I am not particularly heavy, don't ride with a passenger, and I am not a hot rod but the chip seal roads here in East Texas are particularly hard on tires. I was just hopeful (maybe in denial) that the XPS off-road style tire would be of stronger construction than the other Kendas and last longer.

I'm not familiar with the Canyon tires, but a name brand car tire with close specs will surely double any Kenda
wheel-barrow tire.