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12-06.-2006, 11:11 AM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Plymouth, MA
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Tires - rotational direction ??
I just noticed that when I went back to my Bontrager mtb tires from FatBoy slicks late last fall, I put the tires on backwards (arrows indicate direction)
The bike rides fine; I ride mainly on pavement, but guessing that theres a little (slight) grip advantage when installed properly. Is this it, or is there more to it than I'm assuming? Peter - '05 Trek 820 |
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12-06.-2006, 01:19 PM
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Location: Perth (Basso), West Australia
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Re: Tires - rotational direction ??
Always follow the arrows, go with the flow...
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22-09.-2006, 11:26 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: on land
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Re: Tires - rotational direction ??
you need good tire grip for non flat surfaces
and when you brake with rear brakes i have bad rear tires so when i brake they slide for a feet or two... |
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22-09.-2006, 01:03 PM
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Re: Tires - rotational direction ??
i use geax and they have "speed <----> traction" on them for rolling direction, so that may give you an idea about other tyres and their "direction" for rolling. one way grips more and the other rolls faster.
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22-09.-2006, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tokai,CAPE TOWN,SA
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Re: Tires - rotational direction ??
I was reading an interesting article on the research and development of mtb tyres, and boy do these guys put a lot of time and effort into tyre design, road, offroad, sand, gravle mud, wet mud and then the combination off ridding, gravle and road, gravel and mud, gravle and sand the tests were endless.
I feel after all that,the decent thing to do is put on the tyre in the right rotating direction. |
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09-10.-2006, 07:03 AM
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Re: Tires - rotational direction ??
Experiment. Some tires, in some conditions actually work better backwards.
J
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11-10.-2006, 03:19 AM
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Location: Toronto & Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada
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Re: Tires - rotational direction ??
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+1...depends on the tire Rule of thumb is to always follow the mfg recommendation, however, some of us to prefer to run the front tire backwards if it is the same pattern as the rear...makes for an faster rolling tire. (some mfg recommend that you do this) |
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