RichardB
Slightly retro
- Location
- West Wales
I was fiddling about with the posh bike the other day and noticed that the tyres (Schwalbe Marathons) have an arrow on them to show the correct mounting orientation. The front one was mounted backwards, i.e. with the arrow pointing in the reverse direction of travel. Is this correct, or an error? I ask because I know some dirt (motor)bike riders mount the front tyre backwards for better mud clearance under braking, but I'm not sure that this is relevant to a road-oriented tourer and tyres with only a nominal tread. The bike is going back to the LBS soon for its free service, and I was going to ask them to correct it, but I thought I would ask here before revealing my ignorance. Thanks for any observations.