Mixing tire tread?
Mixing tire tread?
My batterd old Transalp needs a new rear tyre since the rear Tourance it just above legal tread. Thing is I was wandering could I put a different more sticky tyre on there like a Anke or what ever there called while I still have the Front tourance fitted or would I have to change both which I’d rather not do since the front has loads of tread left.
Re: Mixing tire tread?
Short answer, yes.
As long as the tyre you fit is the correct type/rating/size for your bike then it is perfectly fine, and more importantly, legal. Other people have different views and are valid too, but from a purely legal standpoint it is fine.
However, and this is where you get the differing opinions, usually tyres are designed to be fitted in matched pairs as they are tested by the manufacturers. There are simply too many tyre/bike combinations out there for each tyre company to test. Also, Michelin are not going to say it's OK to pair it with a Bridgestone as they want you to fit 2 Michelins, that goes for all the other tyre companies too.
Sometimes the profiles are different too but that can also apply to the same company for differing tyre types.
There are obviously some no-no's, like a sport tyre and a knobbly mixed together, or some wierd size which isn't meant to be on your rim.
I've mixed tyre brands on all my bikes when 1 hasn't worn out, and then gone to matched pairs of my preferred brand when the other has worn out, I'm still alive !
As long as the tyre you fit is the correct type/rating/size for your bike then it is perfectly fine, and more importantly, legal. Other people have different views and are valid too, but from a purely legal standpoint it is fine.
However, and this is where you get the differing opinions, usually tyres are designed to be fitted in matched pairs as they are tested by the manufacturers. There are simply too many tyre/bike combinations out there for each tyre company to test. Also, Michelin are not going to say it's OK to pair it with a Bridgestone as they want you to fit 2 Michelins, that goes for all the other tyre companies too.
Sometimes the profiles are different too but that can also apply to the same company for differing tyre types.
There are obviously some no-no's, like a sport tyre and a knobbly mixed together, or some wierd size which isn't meant to be on your rim.
I've mixed tyre brands on all my bikes when 1 hasn't worn out, and then gone to matched pairs of my preferred brand when the other has worn out, I'm still alive !
Mixing tire tread?
Recently I needed a rear tyre and the sales man said we only do pairs!!!! I said my front is almost new, he said sorry we only fit pairs to make sure the make of the tyre on both wheels are the same, I said fine match the rear to the front. Needless to say he only got away with selling me 1x tyre.
The company in question was Protyre in Poole. His spheal talk without even looking at the bike first smacked of agressive sales training. For sure make sure your sets of tyres match but don't let them take the p**s as they're on commission
The company in question was Protyre in Poole. His spheal talk without even looking at the bike first smacked of agressive sales training. For sure make sure your sets of tyres match but don't let them take the p**s as they're on commission
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