Tire replacement - rotation
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Tire replacement - rotation
Today, while cleaning the bike, I noticed that my rear tire it almost down to the wear marks. It will last to the end of the season and need to be replaced. The front tire has plenty of meat left.
Not my tire
So do i just replace the rear tire or do I move the front to the rear and put a new tire on the front?
my tire.
Not my tire
So do i just replace the rear tire or do I move the front to the rear and put a new tire on the front?
my tire.
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Today, while cleaning the bike, I noticed that my rear tire it almost down to the wear marks. It will last to the end of the season and need to be replaced. The front tire has plenty of meat left.
Not my tire
So do i just replace the rear tire or do I move the front to the rear and put a new tire on the front?
Not my tire
So do i just replace the rear tire or do I move the front to the rear and put a new tire on the front?
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Replace rear when worn. Replace front when worn. The whole rotating dogma is kind of funny.
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I wait until the cords are about to show.
I don't bother rotating. I ain't got time to take off a perfectly good tire, just to move it.
I don't bother rotating. I ain't got time to take off a perfectly good tire, just to move it.
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Here's my tire.
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I wait until the cords begin to show as well, but I do rotate front to back. No big deal to pop the tires off and rotate. It takes 10 minutes tops.
IMO the tire in your photo has a lot of life left in it.
IMO the tire in your photo has a lot of life left in it.
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I've always replaced the rear when it looks worn and then replaced both when the front is ready to be replaced.
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BTW, I do replace the rear tire when it's truly worn and move the front to the back. That is Sheldon's way and it makes the most sense. But nothing terribly wrong with doing it differently.
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It is generally accepted that moving front to back and putting the new tire on the front is the safest thing to do.
The reasoning is that a blowout is more likely on a worn tire and a blowout on the front is harder to control, so put your best tire on the front.
Also, unless there is other damage, or you are starting to get too many flats, you can ride those Contis to the bottom of the dots.
The reasoning is that a blowout is more likely on a worn tire and a blowout on the front is harder to control, so put your best tire on the front.
Also, unless there is other damage, or you are starting to get too many flats, you can ride those Contis to the bottom of the dots.
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It is generally accepted that moving front to back and putting the new tire on the front is the safest thing to do.
The reasoning is that a blowout is more likely on a worn tire and a blowout on the front is harder to control, so put your best tire on the front.
Also, unless there is other damage, or you are starting to get too many flats, you can ride those Contis to the bottom of the dots.
The reasoning is that a blowout is more likely on a worn tire and a blowout on the front is harder to control, so put your best tire on the front.
Also, unless there is other damage, or you are starting to get too many flats, you can ride those Contis to the bottom of the dots.
EDIT: Re-read your post. I guess I might ask though what constitutes or how do you figure out when the rotation is supposed to happen, assuming you have two tires both of which are not worn past a place where you'd want to use them (on either wheel)? I guess I'm of a mind that if I'm unsure whether a tire is prone to blowing out, on whatever wheel, then I'm not going to want to put it on either wheel.
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So you rotate at some point before the cords start showing? At what point or how do you determine when this is?
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I don't rotate, because I get 2x the life out of a front compared to a rear. I get right about 3,000 miles out of my Maxxis in the rear. By that point, the front is just starting to flatten out in the center of the carcass. If I were to switch it to the rear, it would be dead within 1,000 miles, while the brand new front would have a good 5,000 left in it (give or take.) The vicious cycle of rotating would go on forever. So I replace one rear at ~3k, then both tires at ~6k. While it might work out the same in the end, I feel like replacement + rotation would just have me constantly buying new tires, and having to keep a detailed log telling me when to move what tire where.
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I don't rotate, because I get 2x the life out of a front compared to a rear. I get right about 3,000 miles out of my Maxxis in the rear. By that point, the front is just starting to flatten out in the center of the carcass. If I were to switch it to the rear, it would be dead within 1,000 miles, while the brand new front would have a good 5,000 left in it (give or take.) The vicious cycle of rotating would go on forever. So I replace one rear at ~3k, then both tires at ~6k. While it might work out the same in the end, I feel like replacement + rotation would just have me constantly buying new tires, and having to keep a detailed log telling me when to move what tire where.