Front wheel knobbliest...
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Why do they wear out in such a weird, uneven pattern? Anyone else noticed this? With strange slopes to every group of three treads, but with every third group of tread being lower than the other two? I’m guessing it’s something to do with braking forces and uneven contact areas?...
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Why do they wear out in such a weird, uneven pattern? Anyone else noticed this? With strange slopes to every group of three treads, but with every third group of tread being lower than the other two? I’m guessing it’s something to do with braking forces and uneven contact areas?...
@SpookDog
You should know better than that to submit a deep thought provoking question like that on a weekday ! But now you’ve asked it’s all to do with weight distribution tread pattern and contact surface area, look at as an ice cube the smaller the cube the faster the wear rate and so on. But I wouldn’t loose any sleep over it.
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@SpookDog
You should know better than that to submit a deep thought provoking question like that on a weekday ! But now you’ve asked it’s all to do with weight distribution tread pattern and contact surface area, look at as an ice cube the smaller the cube the faster the wear rate and so on. But I wouldn’t loose any sleep over it.I know! But the companies must be aware of it. I’ve had expensive Pirelli MT’s do it as well as mid price Kenda’s (whom I rate better!). It gives the front end that annoying ‘tractor’ feel when the tyres are worn down enough. I loose all confidence over 60mph cornering (even gently) with them when they loose their ‘uniformity’...
Bugs me that I still haven’t found the ‘perfect’ trail tyre 🧐
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I know! But the companies must be aware of it. I’ve had expensive Pirelli MT’s do it as well as mid price Kenda’s (whom I rate better!). It gives the front end that annoying ‘tractor’ feel when the tyres are worn down enough. I loose all confidence over 60mph cornering (even gently) with them when they loose their ‘uniformity’...
Bugs me that I still haven’t found the ‘perfect’ trail tyre 🧐
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If your riding mainly on the road I'd personally just switch to a full road tyre. I ran Avon roadriders on my DTR. It will improve braking etc as well. I had a second set of wheels with knoblies on, for if I went green Laning.
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@DTR-NSR I think I used Avon Distanzias on my trail setup. Was fine enough for light trails.
@Calum I’m running Michelin Anakee wild on my DT200 and as a road tire I’m really impressed. I haven’t been properly off road yet and agree if you can afford them another set of wheels with proper off road tires is the way to go.
