Anyone rotate their tires?
06-09-09 | 04:58 AM
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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.
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06-09-09 | 05:15 AM
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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.
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06-09-09 | 06:45 AM
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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.
06-09-09 | 09:05 AM
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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.
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.
06-09-09 | 10:22 AM
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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.
Sheldon Brown has a good article covering tire rotation:
https://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.
https://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.
06-09-09 | 10:34 AM
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Read the Sheldon Brown article. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html
Read the Sheldon Brown article. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html
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06-09-09 | 10:35 AM
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06-09-09 | 01:50 PM
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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.
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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.
As always, adjust your strategy according to the conditions you face.
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06-09-09 | 02:00 PM
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
06-09-09 | 02:07 PM
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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.
06-09-09 | 03:05 PM
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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.
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06-09-09 | 03:54 PM
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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?
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?
06-10-09 | 08:35 AM
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