Front tires are directional (EDITED)
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Front tires are directional (EDITED)
Ok guys!
My eyes were too feeble to see it but my younger wife located \\;the arrow on the sidewall and \\;my tire 'IS' mounted backward.
I'll call my indy and have him switch it, I think it was just a bad day for him
when he mounted it or he had a greenhorn do it, I'll get it sorted out.
Bottom line: Most cycle front tires if not all are directional and I guess it has to do
with water siping especially while braking on wet surfaces.
 \\;
My indy mounted a new michelin 21" tire for me with the tread direction looking at the
 \\;\\\\\\;
 \\;\\\\\\;tire over the handlebars from a mounted position like this: /////\\\\\\\\\\\\
 \\;\\\\\\;
All other bikes have dunlops and Michelins
mounted with tread direction like this:\\\\\\\\////
 \\;\\\\\\;
Is mine mounted the wrong direction and could this cause more squirm over
 \\;\\\\\\;
bridge grates or am i just worrying over nothing??
 \\;\\\\\\;
Sorry about the design but it's difficult when the forum is adding slashes and dots!!
 \\;\\\\\\;
Thanks
My eyes were too feeble to see it but my younger wife located \\;the arrow on the sidewall and \\;my tire 'IS' mounted backward.
I'll call my indy and have him switch it, I think it was just a bad day for him
when he mounted it or he had a greenhorn do it, I'll get it sorted out.
Bottom line: Most cycle front tires if not all are directional and I guess it has to do
with water siping especially while braking on wet surfaces.
 \\;
My indy mounted a new michelin 21" tire for me with the tread direction looking at the
 \\;\\\\\\;
 \\;\\\\\\;tire over the handlebars from a mounted position like this: /////\\\\\\\\\\\\
 \\;\\\\\\;
All other bikes have dunlops and Michelins
mounted with tread direction like this:\\\\\\\\////
 \\;\\\\\\;
Is mine mounted the wrong direction and could this cause more squirm over
 \\;\\\\\\;
bridge grates or am i just worrying over nothing??
 \\;\\\\\\;
Sorry about the design but it's difficult when the forum is adding slashes and dots!!
 \\;\\\\\\;
Thanks
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RE: Are front tires directional???
Yea I've had directional T/a's on my cage for many years and I
checked \\;\\\\\\;my bike's tire \\;\\\\\\;out in parking garage but couldn't see for crap
because there's very little light in there. I'll give it a look at when I
get home tonight (working today had to drive cage).
 \\;\\\\\\;
Anyway I'd still like to hear others post up any stories and experiences etc.
 \\;\\\\\\;
Thanks!
 \\;
PS: NICE BIKE!!
checked \\;\\\\\\;my bike's tire \\;\\\\\\;out in parking garage but couldn't see for crap
because there's very little light in there. I'll give it a look at when I
get home tonight (working today had to drive cage).
 \\;\\\\\\;
Anyway I'd still like to hear others post up any stories and experiences etc.
 \\;\\\\\\;
Thanks!
 \\;
PS: NICE BIKE!!
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