Re: [RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Steve Palincsar]

On 05/30/2016 06:51 PM, Peter White wrote:
Bad idea. A rear tire flat at high speed is most likely a minor 
annoyance, and not very dangerous, because the front tire will still 
control the direction of the bike and keep you upright. A front tire 
flat at high speed is likely to result in a crash at high speed, which 
is more of a major annoyance, because the flat front tire provides 
almost no directional control. It's like riding through loose dirt or 
sand with a skinny tire; you turn the handlebar, and nothing happens.


I had a blowout on a front tire once - defective rim had a sharp edge 
inside it that sliced through the sidewall.  I didn't know which tire 
had blown, couldn't localize the sound, so I didn't touch either brake, 
heard it was bad to brake a wheel with a blown tire, and let the bike 
slow down by itself.  By the time it slowed to around 8-10 mph the bike 
lost all directional stability, rolled over sideways and corkscrewed 
itself (and me) into the ground.  And this is without even trying to turn.


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Re: [RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Peter White]

Bad idea. A rear tire flat at high speed is most likely a minor annoyance,
and not very dangerous, because the front tire will still control the
direction of the bike and keep you upright. A front tire flat at high speed
is likely to result in a crash at high speed, which is more of a major
annoyance, because the flat front tire provides almost no directional
control. It's like riding through loose dirt or sand with a skinny tire;
you turn the handlebar, and nothing happens.

When replacing a worn rear tire, put the brand new tire on the front wheel,
and move the tire that was on the front wheel to the rear wheel.

PJW

On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Lungimsam  wrote:

> Im thinking put the new one on the back. The front still has file tread on
> it. Not worn off yet. And I can see it better to monitor. So with the new
> one on the back maybe they will wear down at the same time and can get a
> new set at once.
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Re: [RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Ron Mc]

my normal mode is replace rears as needed, and on one bike I get triple+ 
miles from the front.  The one time I have "rotated" the tire was when I 
had a front cut, ended up moving the rear tire forward (still rolling on 
that one) and put the new tire in the rear.  But I'm a 3-tire kinda guy. 
 If I like a tire, I buy another for the roadside bag.  

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Re: [RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Brewster Fong]

On Friday, May 27, 2016 at 1:57:27 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
> Or, you could do as Saint Sheldon recommended, and put the new tire on 
> the front and rotate the front tire to the back.  


Don't forget the rest of it, take the rear tire and throw it out when it is 
worn!  
 

> It's important to have 
> a good tire on the front.  This insures the best one's on the front, and 
> -- as with other versions of rotation schemes -- prolongs the life of 
> the tire. 
>

I agree that the best tire should always be in front. That is why - new 
front, old front to rear and throw out the rear when it is worn.

Good Luck! 

>
> On 05/27/2016 04:23 PM, ian m wrote: 
> > Rotate your tires, you should get less wear on the front than the rear 
> and can possibly prolong the life of the tire. Good to do this semi 
> regularly so you don't end up with one tire much more worn than the other 
> > 
>
>

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Re: [RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Lungimsam]

Im thinking put the new one on the back. The front still has file tread on it. 
Not worn off yet. And I can see it better to monitor. So with the new one on 
the back maybe they will wear down at the same time and can get a new set at 
once.

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Re: [RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Steve Palincsar]

Or, you could do as Saint Sheldon recommended, and put the new tire on 
the front and rotate the front tire to the back.  It's important to have 
a good tire on the front.  This insures the best one's on the front, and 
-- as with other versions of rotation schemes -- prolongs the life of 
the tire.


On 05/27/2016 04:23 PM, ian m wrote:

Rotate your tires, you should get less wear on the front than the rear and can 
possibly prolong the life of the tire. Good to do this semi regularly so you 
don't end up with one tire much more worn than the other



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[RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[ian m]

Rotate your tires, you should get less wear on the front than the rear and can 
possibly prolong the life of the tire. Good to do this semi regularly so you 
don't end up with one tire much more worn than the other 

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[RBW] Tire wear question. When to replace?

[Lungimsam]

Rear tire on Bleriot. Tread bald down center for a while now. Front tire 
still has plenty of tread.

I inspect the tire every few rides.

*Is it safe to ride down 'til the tread just barely starts showing? To the 
first peek of tan color? Or is the tire gonna rip open at that point and 
better to swap out now?*

Manufacturer/distributor/retailer told me I have about 1k left on it about 
1k ago.

Waiting until casing starts to show or get next flat to replace it with new 
tire. I want to get my money's worth out of the tire (really expensive) and 
I am not a penny pinching person at all, and usually swap out tires faster, 
but I... just...can't bring myself to replace the tire until these 
conditions are met because the tire was so expensive.

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