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    Should I change my rear tyre before or after my next 1.000 km bikepacking tour?

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    1. celeste_ferret on

      Put on new tire now. If you want to be miserly, you could swap back to the old tire when you get home for around town stuff to use up the last of that tread.

    2. TJhambone09 on

      Depends on how fast you’re wearing tires. I don’t mean to be snark, but that tire *appears* to have far more than 1000km of my riding in it.

      But, /u/celeste_ferret is correct, the safest course of action is to replace it for the ride and then swap back to the old tire when riding where the opportunity cost of failure is lower.

    3. ArcturianHunter on

      Depends on what the route is like, that will last 1000km, but your going to have less traction and potentially less puncture resistance than if you put a new tire on now

    4. Schrootbak on

      U can always change it back, but not in the moddle of ur ride so put a new one
      U can see its thin in the middle already anyway.

    5. Antpitta on

      How many kms did it take to get to where it is? If you did that in 1000kms, might want a new tire. If you did that in 4000kms you’re golden.

    8. thibz3r on

      This appears to be a cinturato tire (pirelli). Spikes in the middle are not that high when new.
      To me, It’s not done at all. So if you have any doubt swap with front and you’ll be good !

    11. hostclubkea on

      Change it now, from my experience when tire pass that state you have much bigger chance of getting puncture. But of course it also depends how big those threads was originally

    12. dogdevnull on

      Make any changes to your bike or equipment a few weeks before trip in case something doesn’t work out. Don’t want to find out your tire has a defect, or your hydration bladder has a leak on the first day of your trip.

    13. Skeptical_Squid on

      Screw it, wait until you’re walking to where you located one in the next town. It’ll build character and make for a good story later.

    14. jesuisjens on

      I would probably always swap for a new tire before starting a longer trip.

      You can always put the old one on when you get back home. 

    15. linkmodo on

      Swap front & back, should be good for 1000km. But do bring a new foldable tire just in case you get a blow out

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