The great Sheldon Brown recommends rotating tires when the rear tire is replaced:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html <http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html> --Eric N [email protected] www.CampyOnly.com Campyonlyguy.blogspot.com @Campyonlyguy > On Feb 15, 2017, at 8:59 AM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > > Time for a new one! One recommended practice is to rotate the relatively > fresh front tire to the rear, and put the new one on the front, thus ensuring > that the tire whose condition is most important to safety is always at the > front. > > But good for you for getting in all those miles! > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 5:00 PM, LeahFoy <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I am no bike mechanic, as the following photos will prove. But I do check > things out and (mostly) notice when things are wrong, honest! I bought my > bike in late 2012 from RBW headquarters, and I don't get to ride as much as a > lot of you folks, so I thought I was doing alright with the tire tread. I > have a fendered bike, and I now know that YOU MUST NOT EVALUATE YOUR BACK > TIRE SOLELY BY LOOKING AT YOUR FRONT TIRE. > > I was sitting cross-legged, waiting for the boys to be dismissed from school. > Imagine my shock. The first photo shows the deceptive angle in which I > thought all was well. The second reveals the painful truth. It would be a > looonnngggg trek pushing that bike uphill loaded with school stuff. To the > bike shop I go, in the morning! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ <http://www.resumespecialties.com/> > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/> > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > **************************************************************************************** > The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. Chuang Tzu > Stat crux dum volvitur orbis. (The cross stands motionless while the world > revolves.) Carthusian motto > > It is we who change; He remains the same. Eckhart > > Kinei hos eromenon. (It moves [all things] as the beloved.) Aristotle > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch > <https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
