Tyre wear

[139NI]

I was with the understanding that the tyres on the rear wheel will wear down more rapidly than the front, owing to grater weight exerted on them.

However, i find that in reality, my front tyres always seem to wear down more quickly and become more pitted with debris than the rear wheel. When i get off this computer in a minute, i am going to swap the front tyre with the rear.

Has anyone found this also to be the case?


Cheers


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[Ajax Bay]

Better off getting a new tyre for whichever tyre has worn more and save yourself a tyre change.

 

[HLaB]

Get a new tyre if the front is worn out. The theory is that you don't want a worn tyre on the front as a blow out on the front is nigh unrecoverable but a blowout on the rear, although unpleasant, is more recoverable.

 

[guitarpete247]

You also need more grip at the front when cornering so if anything get new front and put old front in place of the usual 'more worn' rear.

 

[mjr]

Nope. Rear wears faster. Are you sitting on the bike the right way round?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

My normal routine is to put a new tyre on the front and move the old front onto the back.

 

[Citius]

I was with the understanding that the tyres on the rear wheel will wear down more rapidly than the front, owing to grater weight exerted on them.

Nothing to do with greater weight. More to do with the fact that the rear is the driven wheel.

 

[139NI]

cheers to all. interesting that MJRAY contradicts the others. Like him, I have always held that the rear wears faster cos more weight is transferred to the back, but my CONTINENTAL SPORT CONTACT 1.6 at the front are pitted with cuts and a small sliver of rubber has peeled, exposing the carcass. The rear is strangely relatively unscathed, smooth and barely pitted -strange...

 

[Citius]

cheers to all. interesting that MJRAY contradicts the others. Like him, I have always held that the rear wears faster cos more weight is transferred to the back

Think about it. A rear wheel drive car's rear tyres will still wear faster than the front, even though the engine is at the front. Weight has nothing to do with it. Power transfer does.

 

[mjr]

Are we reading different discussions or am I ignoring a key poster? I'm not seeing anyone saying front wears faster - just not to put a part-worn tyre on the front (which I'd agree with too).

 

[Smokin Joe]

Do not put a part worn rear tyre on the front. It will have squared off and will upset the handling.