Originally Posted by
Rowan
I would prefer to put a new rear tyre on rather than rotate from the front. I tried this several times years ago, but the issue is... you just have to replace the rear tyre that much faster.
In my experience, this isn't true. The front tire just doesn't get any significant wear, so if you get 2,000 miles off a rear tire, you'll get 1,999 miles from a front tire rotated to the back.
The only exception was the first front tire I left on to see how well it'd last. After it survived three rear tires (about 2 1/2 years), I noticed the sidewall cracking when I finally rotated it to the back. That one didn't last too much longer.