Originally Posted by
noglider
Some tires have arrows to indicate which way to mount the tire. What is the intention? If a rear tire grips better during acceleration with the arrow pointing forward, doesn't that mean the front tire would grip better during braking with the arrow pointing backward?
My thoughts exactly
glad to know I'm not the only one.
Also sparing a thought for the engineer/s working overtime to design & assess such unidirectional superiority.
(plus I'm a pain at LBS telling them they've built new boxed bikes WRONGLY
if the front tyre has arrows pointing backwards... C'mon, how hard can it be?
like the factory has bothered making sure every rear wheel has the tyre arrows aimed correctly, the Inhouse spanner monkey can't take two ticks to check the front wheel he's bolting on?)