Originally Posted by
FBinNY
So, while there's some slighter greater concern about front vs rear flats, it's not nearly as earth shaking as some believe. If it were, we'd be hearing all sorts of accident/injury reports.
Which is pretty much my take on it, but of course touching on the common sense/being familiar regularly with the condition of your tires, not to mention how you ride (some riders are bad with wheel spacial awareness and ride up against/crookedly against sharp objects, hard on the sidewall)
To me it's about risk assessment. I ride all the time in busy city traffic, assess risks all the time and behave accordingly. I see the same with assessing tire condition, and see no problem in sharing out the wear of tires in very good condition on a 4000km trip.