Found some cracks in my tire -thoughts?

[Half-Caf]

So, when I removed my rear wheel I noticed some cracks in the sidewall. They are on both sides at the same point. I'm guessing its quite possibly due to just sitting all winter.







I don't know too much about tires, but do those of you who do have any input?

[cdaiscool]

Looks to me like the rubber's getting old. I wouldn't trust 'em, myself.

[shinyribs]

Sometimes you see cracks pop up on a tire fairly quickly.Anything under about 1/2" (13mm) long and not very deep I always considered to be superficial.

But when you have a continuous crack all the way around the tire where the side wall and the tread meet,that seems pretty bad to me.

Is that what you have? A continuous crack all the way around? My eyes ain't real good

[Lincoln Highway Bullitt]

Get some black shoe polish and fill those cracks in. That's what Burt Monroe did in the movie "The Worlds Fastest Indian"

[Piute]

   Sorry to see that ,You know it's not to be trusted,SO keep a very close eye on it,every chance you get .While your waiting for your new tire,That shouldn't of happened just due to 1 winter unless something happened ??,We got old car and bike tires setting out in snow N ice just took them to recycle didn't notice any thing ,Less then a year old I'd call the company ya got them from maybe cut ya deal.worth a shot,there code dated

[mikefootusa]

Looks like the date stamp says 2-8-04....that makes the tire over 8 years old.  I would change it.

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Lincoln Highway Bullitt wrote

Get some black shoe polish and fill those cracks in. That's what Burt Monroe did in the movie "The Worlds Fastest Indian"

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Mikefoot said it, the tires are just under 8 years old. Manufacturers say to replace every 5-7 years.