Rotate bike tires?

Triathlon Forum
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So I needed some new bike tires. Went to a shop down the street that I have never been to. As I am browsing through tires, I started talking to one of the guys that worked there. He recommended I rotate my tires just like I do on my car…ditch the back on, move the front one to the back, and get a new front one. Anyone else heard of this!!!

-bcreager

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Kinda, I always rotate my race wheel tires to training tires and buy new racing tires.

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yup…common practice I thought. but sometimes I just leave the front and put on a new back. front always last longer.

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I usually swap the front and back tires every so often (front to back, back to front), so that they wear more evenly. I always indent to do this every ~500 miles, but that rarely happens.

-Colin

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how often rotate/replace your tires?

-bcreager

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new tire ALWAYS goes on he front as that’s where all of the control comes from.

a rear tire flat is controlable whilst a front tire flat is a recipe for disaster.

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Avago,

Excellent advice!

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I allways replace a tire when it wears out and don’t move them from end to end.

1 front tire per season

2 rear tires per season

jaretj

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new tire ALWAYS goes on he front as that’s where all of the control comes from.

a rear tire flat is controlable whilst a front tire flat is a recipe for disaster.
what he said.

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Heard of it, but don’t practice it, my tires aer specifically designed for front use or rear use only, so if I need a new back one, I get a new back one. If I used different tires I might do this… nah probably not, too lazy :wink:

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Reinforcing Avago’s wisdom: http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html
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Heard of it, but don’t practice it, my tires aer specifically designed for front use or rear use only, so if I need a new back one, I get a new back one. If I used different tires I might do this… nah probably not, too lazy :wink:
I think that front/back (Continental?) stuff is nonsense. Another reason to rotate front to back (since the back wears much more quickly) is that the sidewalls and tread degrade over time; the front tire may become “worn out” before the tread wears down.