Back to front...tyre question

[Bigtallfatbloke]

My rear tyre is wearing much faster than my front tyre. If I swap them around to save the tread will it cause any problems? I cant see how but I'm a dork so i thought i'd ask some non dorks...ta.

 

[Chris James]

I have done this in the past perfectly okay.

However, Sheldon Brown recommends against it, His reasoning being that a worn tyre is more likely to blow out and a front blow out would cause a bad accident whereas a rear one would be less dangerous.

 

[Bigtallfatbloke]

good point..ta. I think my tread is still safe enough though...I'll give it a go...erm...if I don't post for a while you'll all know what happened!

 

[Jacomus-rides-Gen]

Nooo! Don't do it BTFB!!!

Just buy a new rear tyre, its not worth the danger.

Your front tyre has to take 85% of your braking load, sometimes more in a very hard stop, it is also the tyre that gets loaded most heavily in fast corners - neither situation is good if the tyre breaks away.

Buy a new rear, leave the front if it is fine.

 

[Tynan]

tyres ain't that expensive surely?

how about punctures? I've never had a blow out but I have had lots of punctures due to worn tyres

 

[domtyler]

I have only ever read people strongly advising against doing this for various reasons. Just replace the rear tyre.

 

[walker]

Nooo! Don't do it BTFB!!!

Just buy a new rear tyre, its not worth the danger.

Your front tyre has to take 85% of your braking load, sometimes more in a very hard stop, it is also the tyre that gets loaded most heavily in fast corners - neither situation is good if the tyre breaks away.

Buy a new rear, leave the front if it is fine.

Exactly what JRG said. It's easier and safer just to get a new tyre rather than just try and get some extra use out of a bad tyre. if you still have tread on the tyre then keep using it till you get puntures more frequently, then it's time to change

 

[Fab Foodie]

When you get the new tyre though...
Do you put the old front one on the back and the new tyre on the front?

 

[Jacomus-rides-Gen]

I am supersticious, and always buy 2 new tyres so don't have this issue.

However I would advise when purchasing the new tyre (assuming it is not end specific like GP Force/Attack)

1) Fit the tyre.
2) Get course sandpaper and really attack the anti-mould coating, don't do the sidewalls though!!
3) Take it easy until you are sure the anti-mould has gone.

 

[Mortiroloboy]

NEVER ever put your old back tyre onto the front wheel, for all the reasons stated above, and I always replace both tyres together.

 

[fossyant]

Might be worth replacing both, especially if you are fussy - and like matching tyres......

 

[simonali]

NEVER ever put your old back tyre onto the front wheel, for all the reasons stated above

Apart from the "blow out" bit, as it's impossible to have one on a bike. They're called punctures!

 

[Smokin Joe]

It won't save you any money anyway, the overall rate of wear on both tyres will be exactlly the same. More importantly, because of the extra weight on a rear tyre it will square off much more prominantly than a front, so a well used rear will make the bike corner like an aircraft carrier if you put in on the front.

 

[bonj2]

tyres are only twenty quid, it's worth getting new ones just 'cos you don't like your old ones, or just 'cos you feel like it.

 

[domtyler]

tyres are only twenty quid, it's worth getting new ones just 'cos you don't like your old ones, or just 'cos you feel like it.

My wife says your horrible!