Thoughts on Creme or White tires?

[CRASH]

I'm going to be starting my wife's resto soon. IIRC she has 26x1.75 WW's stuffed under her purple frame. I'm hoping I can stuff some 2.125's in there.

I think Creme or White tires would really pop, especially for a girl's bike. But will they get excessively dirty?

What's the ride difference between something like a Felt tire and a Taiwain tire?

 

[The Black Monark]

IMO the Duro creme is a great tire at a nice price.
Franks (Indonesia?) are killer, but more $ and much bigger.
Tread does show more dirt, but isn't a deal-breaker for me.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

IMO the Duro creme is a great tire at a nice price.
Franks are killer, but more $ and much bigger.

+1, the white Duro's on my Firebolt ride nice. They get a little dirty, but I'm kind of a neat freak so I keep them clean!

 

[deven_science]

They do get dirty, but for me, nothing beats a good set of cream tires for class!

 

[Shanker]

i wish they made vintage style fat bike tires...

 

[dougfisk]

The tread, where it contacts the road, will get completely and totally dirty = black. You either accept and tolerate this, or you waste a lot of time trying to keep them clean.

 

[A.S.BOLTNUT]

I have a extra set of each if you need ,?

~RafaeL~

 

[Mad Scientist]

You could always go with whitewalls. Though the majority of the time, bikes are viewed from the side anyway. I wouldn't let the fear of dirty tread sway your decision.

 

[SCHWINNRAY69]

The tread, where it contacts the road, will get completely and totally dirty = black. You either accept and tolerate this, or you waste a lot of time trying to keep them clean.

Yeah, there is no way to stop that from happening. Here's some pics of my tread and sidewalls, I try and keep the sidewalls as clean as possible.


Best close up I have of the sidewall...

 

[expjawa]

If you ride on crushed gravel paths a lot, like we've got around here, the stone dust tends to make the tires white when dirty. So, in that situation, a white tire would look good...

 

[NicksGarage]

I've used a couple kinds of creme tires and my new project has creme thick bricks on it but haven't ridden it yet. I love the look but you have to accept that they get dirty.

I have Fat Franks on one bike that has the most miles on it and I have to say that they are more resistant to looking dirty. I had creme Duros on it before and as they are a softer rubber, they got dirty faster and stayed that way. Basically ended up looking like whitewalls. These were a squarer tire than the Fat Franks so it was pretty even on the tread. I actually didn't mind the look. Magic Erasers are your friend with these or whitewalls.

Duros with a few miles on them.

This is actually an older picture but dirty from riding off the road.

Same bike with Fat Franks after many miles.

I know the pictures look out of order because of the fender situation but the full fender one was an experiment that I didn't stick with.

 

[Bicycle808]

I run some Cream SFFranks on my main rider; definitely the cruiser that gets the most miles, and probably gets more mileage than the road bike, too. This one sees at least a short jaunt pretty much every day. The Franks have been in use for over 2 years. One flat, not a whole lot of wear, etc. Now, the grease smudges on the sidewall (my fault) and the dirtyiness on the treads and throughout (unavoidable on a rider) don't bother me, but they'd probably drive a fastidious guy nuts.

Nick'sgarage, above, brings up an interesting note with the magic eraser.... I might have to try it.

 

[Rustinkerer]

Yeah, there is no way to stop that from happening. Here's some pics of my tread and sidewalls, I try and keep the sidewalls as clean as possible.


Best close up I have of the sidewall...

Schwinnray, that Firebolt is awesome sauce! -Adam

 

[deven_science]

This brings up another question I've had. Creme or cream? Googling seems to bring up both about equally.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Depends on your English...
American English or British English...

Luke.

 

[NicksGarage]

Here are the tires for my new build. Will probably use the 24s but built the 26s as an alternative. The 26s are Project 346 Balloons. Both are Felt wheels.

 

[Bicycle808]

For real, the English word---in the UK, the USA, and maybe even Australia-- is "cream". "Creme" is an acceptable word in English, being a loanword from French, and it needs the little doo-dad (acute diacritic accent mark) over the first "e". It'd correctly be pronounced "kremm". "Cream", the English version, has Anglo-French origins and probably dates back to the Middle English language.

Recently, "creme" has been co-opted by marketers as a way of making their cream-colored products seem more bourgie-- eg, women's clothes, or curtains.

So, yeah. Go with "cream" for your tires, unless you're the kind of person who orders a "Mc-quah-sawn" at the fastfood joint, or a half pound of "sweece" at the deli counter...

 

[Glen]

Here is an edited version of what I found when I typed into google "what is creme" and "what is cream"


creme
kriːm/
noun
noun: creme; plural noun: cremes
1. 1. 
a substance or product with a thick, creamy consistency."self-tanning creme"


cream
kriːm/
noun
noun: cream
4.
a very pale yellow or off-white colour.
"the dress is available in white or cream"


So I think that when referring to the colour of ones tyres, cream should be used. But if the tyres are melting on a very hot road surface and become a thick creamy consistancy, then creme can be used.

Glen.

 

[Bicycle808]

Yeah, except that the first definition applies to "cream", too. I don't think I'd buy shaving cream if the label had the foo-foo spelling: "shaving creme". I just googled "shaving creme", and nothing came up w/ that spelling.

"Creme" is a French word that we've co-opted lately. You can pretty much interchange them (I've often seen foodstuffs referred to as "creme"), but if you say "kreem" you ought not be typing it as "creme".

 

[Glen]

Yeah... cream is pronounced KREEM while creme is pronounced KREMM. I think that's right

Glen.