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Time & Tires

By Rob - Posted on 08 March 2008

So, it's 4:23pm and I've been up since 6:30am, and all that has happened is:

- Have breakie, shower, dress, go for a ride.
- Come home, very quick snack.
- Strip & clean bike. It was filthy, even though it got a good soaking with clean water after the ride you could hardly tell.
- Rotate tires. Damn! These UST just won't reseal without a decent compressor if they aren't new... involved a trip to the servo.
- Shower & change again. Ahhh... human at last!

So what's that - best part of 10 hours for a 4 hour ride and maintenance after. Geeze - this MTB malarky sure does take some time out of your weekend... and yet to mention tomorrow's repeat (well - maybe taking the GF for a short spin is all).

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rotating tyres?

Submitted by Caro on Tue, 11/03/2008 - 17:16.

Why do you rotate tyres on a bike? I know that from changing tyres on a car but on a bike...
Is that a tubeless thing, a Rob thing or does everybody do this but me?
Could you please enlighten me?

Don't Caro

Submitted by Carlgroover on Tue, 11/03/2008 - 17:25.

Don't rotate your tyres. You want the best one on the front, and it's already there because it wears less, however let's hear Rob's reasoning for this, but I say he's wrong.
John

Different

Submitted by Little-Ditty on Tue, 11/03/2008 - 17:50.

Sometimes you have different tyres front and back anyway. Can't rotate those. Not everyone runs road tyres like you guys.

Best on Front

Submitted by Rob on Tue, 11/03/2008 - 21:14.

Well, yes, yes... I know lots of people say best tire on the front but I don't (think I) ride in such an aggressive manner to warrant that! I do, however, not like noticing the rear slipping so when it gets worn in the centre I rotate them.

Note I say worn in the centre, these are crossmarks and the little nobby bits on the side look almost brand new still, parts you'd hope would be for gripping on the corners when running on the front.

When doing this, I did actually think that a better plan would be to put a new one on the front, move front to read and bin rear, but was feeling a bit tight I guess.