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Originally Posted by Groundpilot
Maybe those tires are considered "fresh" by some, but don't forget, even if tires are stored properly in air free dark plastic bags, they still dry out if stored for a few month and get hard.
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Might want to look at the manufacture date of any new set of stickies you get then, b/c they are all about a month old when you get them (shipping from Japan) unless you are running ho-ho's. Long term storage isn't ideal, but unless you're in the running for the world HPDE championship, you can go a long time period on the same set of tires w/o losing much traction (with Toyo's/Nitto's at least, ymmv). I'm not talking years, but definitely more than a month or two. My race tires (NT01s at the end) lasted a hell of a long time b/c I didn't do as many races in a year as RedPriest does HPDEs in a couple of months...
There was about 1 club race a month back in the stone ages and I had 2.5 sets of dry wheels/tires. Come to think of it, my rain tires (RA-1s, full tread depth) were perfectly fine after a couple years on the trailer (bagged). Had a wet session and they gripped like they should, no issues.
Just keep tires away from ozone producing devices as much as you can during any downtime and you'll be fine.