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Old 05-30-18, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Campag4life
We can have a friendly disagreement of slippage versus wear bearing of the rear tire causing it to wear 2-3 x's faster than front. My personal view is...its a combination however I believe rear weight bias scrubs rubber off more than any slippage due to power application to the pedals. Just my opinion.
You are free to believe whatever you want, but a 10-50% higher weight load can't logically be the mechanism for 2-3x faster wear.
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