Originally Posted by
JPMacG
Rear tires typically wear faster than front tires - usually much faster. My experience is that even cheap tires are good for 4 thousand miles. At that point I move the front to the rear and put a new tire on the front.
And then how long do you leave the previous front tire on the rear? You could rotate tires more often, like with cars (dismount tires and swap).
Previous owner of my car only bought 2 tires at a time, swapping them front to rear and only putting new ones on the front. Man it was confusing and I ended up with a car with 2 bald rear tires when I first bought it. Since then I have religiously rotated my tires every 5K-6K miles and always purchase 4 at a time. I can't stand having tires of different ages on the car. Dunno if the same will go for the bike or not. Haven't had a flat yet *knock on wood* but if I don't I might consider rotating my tires front/rear every 1K miles or so, or maybe every year if I don't go 1K in a year.