On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 15:19 -0700, Brewster Fong wrote: > > > On May 21, 2:50 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 14:06 -0700, avillage wrote: > > > > > Yes, that's totally normal. What I do is replace the rear with the tire > > that had been on the front and put a new one on the front. There is, of > > course, controversy about that (as with everything). > > > Interesting. What's the controversy? This is the tire "rotation" that > is recommended by Sheldon Brown in his tire article. The only > downside is when you toss the worn rear tire, you have to remove the > front tire and put it on the rear wheel, and then put the new tire on > the front. Its more work, but it allows you to put the best tire in > front!
When this question comes up on some other forums, there are many who will argue for replacing both tires at once, or for putting the new tire in back. Plenty will denounce the Sheldon front-to-back rotation. But then, people will also endlessly argue Campy-vs-Shimano... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
