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Date: 30 May 2007 06:47:08
From: catzz66
Subject: elementary tire question
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You would think your front tire rolls slightly more than the rear tire
basically all the time because it makes wider circles. Why does the
rear tire wear out sooner? More weight on the rear axle?
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Date: 30 May 2007 15:51:17
From: Tim McNamara
Subject: Re: elementary tire question
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In article <5c56gcF2ut136U1@mid.individual.net >,
catzz66 <catzz66@threeletterservice.com > wrote:
> You would think your front tire rolls slightly more than the rear
> tire basically all the time because it makes wider circles. Why does
> the rear tire wear out sooner? More weight on the rear axle?
Yes. And rear tire wear is even more pronounced if you do a lot of
climbing.
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Date: 30 May 2007 11:47:16
From: joseph.santaniello@gmail.com
Subject: Re: elementary tire question
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On May 30, 5:58 pm, "Leo Lichtman" <l.licht...@worldnet.att.net >
wrote:
> This may be a minor factor, but it's there: during braking, the rear wheel
> lifts slightly, so there is likely to be more slip, contributing to wear.
Perhaps a tiny bit, but as evidence I submit my road bike which almost
never gets it's brakes used, yet clearly has more rear wheel wear.
> I think if you put a cyclometer pickup on both wheels, you would find very
> little difference in distance traveled between front and rear.
The front goes farther due to the wobbling necessary to remain
upright.
Here is an in depth discussion:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.bicycles.tech/browse_thread/thread/275411138f58cd4b
Joseph
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Date: 30 May 2007 07:14:24
From: davet
Subject: Re: elementary tire question
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On May 30, 4:47 am, catzz66 <catz...@threeletterservice.com > wrote:
> You would think your front tire rolls slightly more than the rear tire
> basically all the time because it makes wider circles. Why does the
> rear tire wear out sooner? More weight on the rear axle?
More weight on the rear wheel, and as the other poster mentioned the
rear wheel is the drive wheel with force being applied which causes
wear. Add to that the rear wheel remains more upright than the front
wheel during tuns so wear occurs in a smaller area on the rear wheel.
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Date: 30 May 2007 15:58:03
From: Leo Lichtman
Subject: Re: elementary tire question
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This may be a minor factor, but it's there: during braking, the rear wheel
lifts slightly, so there is likely to be more slip, contributing to wear.
I think if you put a cyclometer pickup on both wheels, you would find very
little difference in distance traveled between front and rear.
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Date: 30 May 2007 22:01:27
From: John Henderson
Subject: Re: elementary tire question
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catzz66 wrote:
> You would think your front tire rolls slightly more than the
> rear tire basically all the time because it makes wider
> circles. Why does the rear tire wear out sooner? More weight
> on the rear axle?
My bike is rear-wheel-drive.
John
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