Rear tyre direction

merlie

for some reason my mate laughs when he see's that I;ve apparently fitted the tyre pointing the wrong direction ... but it says so on the tyre wall - am i missing something ?

lastwords

As far as i understand sometimes it can be an advantage to reverse the rear tyre, i run High rollers and the rear is fitted in the oposite direction the idea being it wil get better traction when under power.

pdid

No,

Different tyres run different ways, some are same direction front and back, others, such as Panaracer fire XC`s, run one way on the front and the other way on the back. Depends on the tyre.

supersonic

Some do work best for some people the 'wrong' way round. Try it.

Northwind

Yep, I run my rear nevegal "wrrong way round" when it's muddy- it loses grip over rocks etc, and it's noticably draggier, but it gives more grip for showing through mud. Obviously, like everyone else, I discovered this by accidentally fitting it the wrong way round.

When you think about it, it makes sense- you want the most grip from the front on the brakes, and in turns, while with the rear you want the most grip on the power.

Banned!

I always run swamp things the wrong way round.

tell yourmate he should spend more time watching his tires.

Soggz

Dont they have a direction arrow on the tire wall for all the numptys!?...lol

supersonic

Some have direction arrows. But some find better results the other way.


Would you know whhich way it was designed without arrows? They vary a lot!

Whytepeak

Maxxis tyres often roll better when they are put on the 'wrong' way

lastwords

if you look at high rollers they have centre knobs which taper away at the back if fitted the correct way, the front has a sharp edge to grab at the ground under braking.

This is why i fit the back in the oposite direction so the sharp edge is grabbing at the ground when i pushing hard.

Soggz

supersonic wrote:

Some have direction arrows. But some find better results the other way.


Would you know whhich way it was designed without arrows? They vary a lot!

Well, yes, pretty much!

Banned!

its easier with some tires because the treads point in the forward direction, but with spikes and semi's its almost impossible.

and it doesnt really matter in any case.

Whytepeak

Once offroad, rolling resistance isn't really affected, braking and accelerating tracktion may be though.

darren636

once, i ran my rear in the wrong direction.... and it was destroyed in less than a week.

cougie

Dunno if tyre direction is noticeable - but brake block direction on rim brakes is.

LBS fitted my mates back to front. He just couldnt stop on a descent and had to ditch it in a hedge. Across the other side of a road. V funny to watch !

.blitz

Basically if the front tyre has any kind of 'V' or 'U' pattern in the tread blocks, the open end of the 'V' or 'U' goes in the direction of travel. The rear tyre goes the other way round.

supersonic

Soggz wrote:

supersonic wrote:

Some have direction arrows. But some find better results the other way.


Would you know whhich way it was designed without arrows? They vary a lot!

Well, yes, pretty much!

Some contis are counter intuitive. But if it works, it works.