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-   -   Anyone rotate their tires? (https://www.bikeforums.net/commuting/549793-anyone-rotate-their-tires.html)

Artkansas 06-09-09 04:58 AM
Nope, I just let the front tire be my low maintenance guy and replace rear tires as needed. I suspect that the total mileage averages out to about the same as if you went to the trouble of rotating them.

chipcom 06-09-09 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by bkrownd (Post 9064791)
Ideally your freshest tire should be the rear, because that's where you need the extra puncture resistance of a newer tire.
I take it you've never had a front tire go flat on a 40mph downhill. :eek:

The greater danger of having a really bad day comes from problems with your front tire...rear tire problems are easier to safely recover from.

Also, you really don't need extra puncture resistance on the rear...puncture resistance of a tire does not prevent pinch flats...which is more common on the rear.

rumrunn6 06-09-09 06:45 AM
I've never worn tires out that I can remember. As a kid I did change tires but that was more for un with different treads, etc. I guess now that I am riding more this will become an issue. With 13 bikes in the basement, and having to maintain bikes for 4 people I can't imagine rotating my own tires. I think I would just put a new one on the rear at the first sign of inner threads showing.

rumrunn6 06-09-09 06:46 AM
M_S - So tell us about different tires front and rear ...

V1per41 06-09-09 09:05 AM
x5 for the best tire up front crowd.

If you think about it, the overall wear on both tires combined will always be the same no matter which tire is where. So rotating tires won't do anything to extend the life.

Ride until the rear tire is too worn for safety or just isn't doing its job anymore. Then buy a new tire. Put your front tire on the back and the new one on the front. Repeat.

njkayaker 06-09-09 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bkrownd (Post 9065730)
I don't know what universe you live in, but in mine the rear always takes more punishment and gets more flats, even with much tougher tires in the rear. (Actually, my front never gets flats even with cheap-o tires) Thus, the rear needs the more puncture resistant tire. If you find your front tire getting more flats than your rear maybe it doesn't work that way for you, but that would sure puzzle me.
The Sheldon Brown universe! Look at the following link.

Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeshoup (Post 9064394)
Sheldon Brown has a good article covering tire rotation:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html
What he says mostly makes sense to me. I like the idea of rotating front to back and put new front on.

MikeR 06-09-09 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Yan (Post 9065660)
It's the other way around.
+1
Read the Sheldon Brown article. http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html

MikeR 06-09-09 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by njkayaker (Post 9069506)
The Sheldon Brown universe! Look at the following link.
ohh ya' beat me to it.

seeker333 06-09-09 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by f4rrest (Post 9067219)
The tires rotate while I pedal.
good 1

bkrownd 06-09-09 01:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by njkayaker (Post 9069506)
The Sheldon Brown universe! Look at the following link.
From my POV he's wrong about several things, IMO. However there's no reason that any one way of doing things will be best for all. I'm not part of the Sheldon Brown cult.

bkrownd 06-09-09 01:57 PM
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Also, you really don't need extra puncture resistance on the rear...puncture resistance of a tire does not prevent pinch flats...which is more common on the rear.
I've never had a "pinch flat". In 35 years on bikes all of my flats have been rear tire punctures.

As always, adjust your strategy according to the conditions you face.

chipcom 06-09-09 02:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bkrownd (Post 9071295)
I've never had a "pinch flat". In 35 years on bikes all of my flats have been rear tire punctures.

As always, adjust your strategy according to the conditions you face.
Forgive me if my 40+ years indicate that you are fibbing just a bit. ;)

mikeybikes 06-09-09 02:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bkrownd (Post 9071295)
I've never had a "pinch flat". In 35 years on bikes all of my flats have been rear tire punctures.
And in my short time commuting by bike, I've had one flat, a front tire puncture. That was scary stuff, was cruising downhill at about 28mph.

Sheldon Brown make sense in that article. I don't always agree with everything he says, but that I did. He is right in that your most important tire is the front.

njkayaker 06-09-09 03:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bkrownd (Post 9071242)
From my POV he's wrong about several things, IMO. However there's no reason that any one way of doing things will be best for all. I'm not part of the Sheldon Brown cult.
He could be wrong about "several things". It might be interesting and useful to read specifics about where he's wrong about "several things".

But he isn't wrong about stuff just because you (some random dude on the internet) say so without any justification or real argument. It wasn't at all clear whether you even read the Sheldon Brown link.

HardyWeinberg 06-09-09 03:54 PM
I think rotating would just lead to gobbling up front tires as well as rears.

Wait do I use more or fewer tires if I keep the same front while burning through 3 rears vs swapping tires halfway through the rear's life and then replacing them both at once? Anybody here good at algebra?

EKW in DC 06-10-09 08:35 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by urodacus (Post 9067503)
I rotate my tires every time i ride. that's the point, of cycling, isn't it? if you don't turn the wheels, you get nowhere.
+1

Took me a second to get this one. Guess I'm a little slow on the uptake today...


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