Not sure why I never thought to swap my front/back treads but I think I'll do it twice a year after seeing this. These treads were both replaced at the same time 2 or 3 years ago.
by z80nerd
Not sure why I never thought to swap my front/back treads but I think I'll do it twice a year after seeing this. These treads were both replaced at the same time 2 or 3 years ago.
by z80nerd
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No, I buy new tires.
I had to check this wasn’t bicyclecirclejerk for a second.
I don’t think swapping your tyres would have helped with that. Maybe lay off the skids 😂
no I just replace the rears more often, but I’ve known lots of people that did rotate them. works fine.
If you want to rotate your bike tires, go from front to back, and from back to trash/recycle bin.
edit: Put a brand new tire on the front. I don’t have a citation, but my understanding is that rear tires typically wear out about 3-4x faster than front tires, but the traction on the front tire is more important to maintain.
This has to be bait
Do not do this.
Having a more worn front tire is inviting disaster. If your rear tire blows, it’s bad but you’re likely to stay upright. If your front tire blows, it can easily cause a crash.
The top tire in the photo is cooked. Do not ride on it, period.
If you want to save money you can buy one new tire and mount it on the front so your more worn tire is on the rear. Then once your rear tire wears out, move the front tire to the rear again and replace the front with a new tire.
No.
I don’t do it often but if I have the same type of tire on front and back, I’ll rotate the front to the back when the back wears out and then replace the front.
On most of my bikes, I use a heavy but impenetrable Schwalbe Marathon tire on the back and a lightweight folding tire on the front with a tire liner, both with tubes, because the front rarely gets a flat and a tire liner is enough, so I don’t have to add all the extra weight. However, on those bikes, because I can’t rotate the tires, I rarely wear out the front by the time it’s too old to ride on or the sidewall blows out or something else old tires do, so I end up wasting half a tire.
My tires rotate themselves ???
No. Time for new tires bud
Looks like everyone thinks you are asking about those tires in particular. It sounds like you are asking more of a general practice regarding rotating tires to potentially prevent that from happening.
I don’t typically proactively rotate tires, but I will swap sides back to front if I have the tires off seasonally or something. The idea being to get more even wear and a little extra life, but only if both tires are still in good shape. Usually I am lazy and leave the tire as is until it’s used up, then I add a new front and rotate the old front to rear.
Mate
Many people will never swap a rear tire to the front because a blowout is so much worse on the front wheel. I agree that it is safest to move the front tire to the rear and to install a new tire on the front wheel.
However, I like to experiment with different brands and sizes of tires, so I want them to wear out at the same time. The rear tire tends to wear out about twice as quickly as the front tire, so when the tread on the rear tire is about halfway worn, then I inspect the rear tire carefully for bulges, cracks or tears, and if it is in good shape, then I swap the front and rear tires.
The answer:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html
I just swap left rights every season, never front to back
I just turn mine inside out when they start looking worn.
I ALWAYS move the front tire to the back and put a new tire on the front. Always always, on every bike I own (4 in total). Rear tire tends to wear twice as fast as the front. So putting the front tire on the back and buying a new tire for the front, helps to even out the interval of buying a new tire.
Brother that tire is screaming for you to take it out back what are you DOING BROTHER
no
doesn;t make anything last longer
unless you need matched pairs, AND never buy the same brand twice
for my commute, normally front tire requires replacement at the end of 2nd rear tire, 1 front = 2 rear
https://preview.redd.it/o6klxy89fzxg1.png?width=224&format=png&auto=webp&s=37f09c8f170dcf5a3d03a611dcdac7f3f5db4c36
I wish I could lol (photo for reference)
When the back wears out, I replace it. No rotation needed, really.
That top one needs to be rotated into the garbage bin.
If I notice the rear looks slightly more worn at the end of a season I will rotate them front to back and back to front. The wear has to be close though. If I cycle through my bikes enough wear isn’t too different between the two.
rear eats it way faster from the drive force, easier to just run them both till the rear’s bald and replace
After every 20mile ride.
Of course. They rotate every time I pedal.
I used to before switching to Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires. They’re so dang hard to get on and off.
At least a dozen times per ride.
rotate that tire to the garbage please
Please don’t do this, putting a worn tire on the front is a disaster waiting to happen. The correct way is: new tire on the front, old front tire on the back, and old back tire in the trash.
Yeah but I ride fixed gear bikes