Yes I'm centering in on you with a baseball bat in my right hand...or he's riding round in circles
Just asked - things could be chosen for reasons I didn't came up with so next job is to flip the tyre.
What about tyre running in the opposite direction?
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Just asked - things could be chosen for reasons I didn't came up with so next job is to flip the tyre.
Btw it was about flipping the rear tyre so that left side becomes right side, not to flip front / rear.
Then don't hang in my trail all the time, do some work too, lazy !ss.
Fab Foodie
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The direction arrows are probably there for good reason as not all tyres have them. Some heavily treaded tyres do not work well the wrong way around as the ‘chunks’ deform the wrong way and the tread clears water/slush less effectively. They roll and corner less well
Do we think the arrows are simply to ensure cosmetic alignment?
Do we think the arrows are simply to ensure cosmetic alignment?
On the vast majority of slick and semi slick tyres I believe that the arrow is there just to stop calls to customer service asking if they should fit them one way or another. IMO, for proper off-road tyres the pattern does make a difference where trying to get through mud.
Yellow Saddle
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Yes we do, as has been explained here ad infinitum.
Ajax Bay
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Lots of tyres with minimal tread have these arrows, and I think @Milkfloat 's suggestion is better than most for this sidewall embellishment.
The OP's tyres aren't "heavily treaded" and you can also assess the nature of the arrows mentioned.
But switching them round might affect how effectively the tread pattern clears the water away and avoids aqua-planing
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Fab Foodie
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...but not convincingly....
fossyant
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Smokin Joe
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Very convincingly. On a road bike tyre it makes not a jot of difference.
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I run Schwalbe Smart Sam's on the Cube, they have arrows facing both ways, they are supposed rotate one way one the front, the other on the rear, I fitted one one the front the wrong way for six months, after swapping it round I didn't notice any difference.
Ajax Bay
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Try munching through and being convinced or otherwise by this short thread: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tyres-on-the-wrong-way-for-over-two-years.219604/
Over 10 min (now eating) I'm gonna flip the rear tyre. Since I have big luggage facilities on my bike (see avatar) I'm gonna keep a spare with me in that cage on top of my rear rack, a tyre is a mere kilo or so.
I'll see what happens. Like it is now, the tyres profile is nearly entirely gone about 1 cm towards the non-chain side.
Today I came on another thought for an explanation for this offcenter wear. I recently replaced the magura rim brake pads (aside- - and screwed up the left front one - the bolt broke off before losening, likely due to red loctite, any1 knows if magura sells all specific parts of the HS33 system?) and to me it looks like the rim sits centered between the pads, which would confirm wheel correctly centered, meaning another explanation is to be found.
As a common habit I resist pedals to slowdown, it happens that I never use brakes even not in miles in city and not in bicycle tunnels with short 90° corners. I noticed that I tend to push back more at the right pedal - it's like hard to sync resisting both pedals.
But afaics this doesn't match the wear side, if I resist the right pedal, shouldn't the tyre wear at the right instead of at the left?
Or, while I'm resisting the pedal, maybe I hold the bike under an angle towards the left, which -would- match the wearing side.
So, it could be a looooong so called "skid patch". Not that I literally skid, but likely the tyre at least wears more due to it.
Any thoughts?
I'll see what happens. Like it is now, the tyres profile is nearly entirely gone about 1 cm towards the non-chain side.
Today I came on another thought for an explanation for this offcenter wear. I recently replaced the magura rim brake pads (aside- - and screwed up the left front one - the bolt broke off before losening, likely due to red loctite, any1 knows if magura sells all specific parts of the HS33 system?) and to me it looks like the rim sits centered between the pads, which would confirm wheel correctly centered, meaning another explanation is to be found.
As a common habit I resist pedals to slowdown, it happens that I never use brakes even not in miles in city and not in bicycle tunnels with short 90° corners. I noticed that I tend to push back more at the right pedal - it's like hard to sync resisting both pedals.
But afaics this doesn't match the wear side, if I resist the right pedal, shouldn't the tyre wear at the right instead of at the left?
Or, while I'm resisting the pedal, maybe I hold the bike under an angle towards the left, which -would- match the wearing side.
So, it could be a looooong so called "skid patch". Not that I literally skid, but likely the tyre at least wears more due to it.
Any thoughts?
Ajax Bay
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Your heavy bike and fixed gear situation is esoteric. Why don't you try asking this on the 'fixed' sub-forum?
Hello, I'm back!
Just flipped the rear tyre, super moto x are easy to take off / put on, I could lift the tyre from the rim with the allen key I used to losen the wheel.
I printed your avatar on a sticker, and sticked it on the place that the tyre now should wear most.
When you're gone I know the job was done fine.
Thanks!