Any ideas why my front tire is worn more on one side than the other.
only hade the bike one season and it came that way.
Thanks
uneven tire wear pattern
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ragedigital
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Re: uneven tire wear pattern
The previous owner might have only taken "right" hand turns. Very common...
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Re: uneven tire wear pattern
Ya thats what i kinda thought.
would the rear show similar wear pattern?
would the rear show similar wear pattern?
Re: uneven tire wear pattern
haha, rights easily out number lefts in FL and it drives me nuts. I've heard of tracks having such a slant one way or the other rides have been known to flip a tire around between sessions when they're using slicks
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Re: uneven tire wear pattern
Just turn the rim around every 500 miles... 
I'm really not sure why it would do that.
I'm really not sure why it would do that.
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Re: uneven tire wear pattern
I have heard of this being cause by
a. something wrong in the front end
b. road design, from a local forum:
"Its the FL roads. If everyone pays a little more attention to your tires it will happen to anyone that uses there bike to commute with. All of our roads have a angle to them. They do this for run off water. So it can go to the cutters on the side of the road. If you look when it rains on us 19 that the outside lanes will almost always flood and the other two stay dry. I see tires come in here all the time with the same where pattern."
post up a pic if you can, I'm curious considering my front end is a bit off and my front where is near perfect
a. something wrong in the front end
b. road design, from a local forum:
"Its the FL roads. If everyone pays a little more attention to your tires it will happen to anyone that uses there bike to commute with. All of our roads have a angle to them. They do this for run off water. So it can go to the cutters on the side of the road. If you look when it rains on us 19 that the outside lanes will almost always flood and the other two stay dry. I see tires come in here all the time with the same where pattern."
post up a pic if you can, I'm curious considering my front end is a bit off and my front where is near perfect