Originally Posted by Iride01

If your front tire is still good, then put it on the rear wheel and put the new tire on the front wheel. I myself don't care if the tires are identical make and model. I frequently have run mixes on my bikes during all my 50 plus years of cycling. The fact that now my tires are all the same front and back is just coincidence of circumstances. A couple years ago I had a Vittoria and a Continental on my bike as that is when I last began swapping from one model tire no longer made to another.