Originally Posted by
gueuzeman
I am new to this game and am trying to get together everything I need to get going. Can anyone tell me if it is necessary to have the same tires front and rear? Nashbar is doing free shipping today and I wanted to buy some tires which would not match what I have now. I would certainly be getting touring tires and try to get the same width. Any thoughts. Thanks.
my tires dont match, but my mother always said i never matched anyway, so...yeah. tires dont need to match, it's just good aesthetics. my front is a big kahuna and my rear is a panaracer fire xc pro. the later can be used front/rear, but has to be a specific direction, other wise it won't cary you (or your load) right.
out of curiosity, what tires
DO you run curently?