First pic is front tire, second pic is rear tire. Don't see any wear indicators or anything, and have never flatted in a year/2000-ish miles probably. The tire is schwalbe g one bite 45. I've not been gentle with them.
I've thought of swapping the tires, or just getting one new one for front and put the front tire on the rear.
by jckiser23
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I think this would be a good time to buy a new one for the front and put the old front tire as the rear and give it some fresh sealant if you are running tubeless.
keep going……
This is why tires with small knobs are silly imo. In most conditions they hardly add any traction and then they lose it quick. I’m in the big knobbies or slicks camp.
Fwiw I would swap front and back and ride until the rear is basically a slick. Then I would replace with the widest slick my frame could fit.
I’d definitely ride that rear until i started to get flats. then put the front on the rear and get a new front.
I guess the little slits in the knobs are probably the wear indicators. Meaning the middle three knob rows are basically done.
That said, and this is just me personally so take it like that, I would still use this tire until that row is really about to be gone. Your middle row is nearly there. Talking about the second tire here obviously as your front looks good.
I wouldn’t swap this to the front because you’ll end up prolonging the use of this which is economical sure, but you are also going to have worse (can’t say how MUCH worse) grip. You don’t want worse grip in the front. Because the wear is also so much slower on the front you end up riding a much worse tire for even longer.
Move the front tire to the back and use a new one on the front imo.
Then again I wouldn’t bother yet and as I said keep going until the back tire is shaved off more as I ride on tarmac most of the time and the offroad bits are always hardened anyway.
Hope this spam helps you out on deciding.
front gets worn looking, swap it to the rear. rear starts sliding a lot? throw it away.
I just ride easier and easier terrain until I see the cords
I don’t know mate, to me it looks like you got a brand new semi slick tire.
You don’t see the cord, you’re fine.
Knobs gone or starting to get really undercut on the sides.
I‘ve replaced my g-one bite yesterday. The rear one was a bit more worn than yours. But after riding today, I realized that I should have changed earlier. The grip is much better now.
I like to put the front on the back and buy a new front, as long as the front isn’t overly worn out.
>How worn do you let your tires get
Until I see the puncture protection compound 🙂
Another 3 years left in that tyre 😂
They’re the same picture
You just get faster…Until you don’t.
Considerations 1) do you mount tubeless yourself or not and if not the cost of cleaning up an older tire of dried sealant and remounting 2) how much do you like these tires 3) age of the tire.
On the age front I had a set of Maxxis Ramblers that were about 1.5 years and started leaking solvent in tiny pinholes all over. My LBS said he had seen that with older Maxxis mt tires and thought new sealant would fix it. I did that and the rear tire got so bad I was losing about 20psi overnight after just a couple weeks. I ended up replacing because I didn’t trust them anymore. So, the exercise of trying to get more mileage out them turned out to be a waste of about $50 having my LBS clean them up and remounting.
I say turn it 180° and you’re good to go! 😜
I had those, when I didn’t have knobs in the middle, honestly it made me faster lol
If there aren’t a lot of other wear indicators like cracks or tiny cuts that go part way through rubber then I would keep riding and view it as a slicker tread. Therefore only replace if I had a gnarly race coming up. I mean, this is probably faster on pavement.
Better to have the tire with more grip on the front, prevents washouts
I’d probably run it to the end of the year then buy new tires for Christmas. Save the front as a backup.
When I got a good reason to swap in new.
-If you are planning a trip and want to be worry free.
-Sealant it leaking out because they’ve worn down very far.
-I notice a difference in traction on my day to day rides
2000 miles isn’t a bad life for the tires, I will usually get about a year or 3000 miles out of a set.
Looks like my tires on Kona Unit X. Haha
I have the same tires.
They don’t have good mileage.
I let them get bare.
When I notice I lose traction
Until it gets a bump in the tread from so many punctures I’m guessing 😂
Right about there
I just keep riding that shit till it causes me issues I cbf dealing with.