[RBW] Re: rear tire wear

2009-05-21 Thread Dave @ Rivendell
i started with a pair of col de la vies on my bleriot. i wanted something better for trails, but couldn't afford a new set of tires, so i just bought one Fatty Rumpkin for the rear. that dragster setup worked just fine for me. no problems at all... and that's about a 5mm difference in size from ap

[RBW] Re: rear tire wear

2009-05-21 Thread Bill Connell
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:06 PM, avillage wrote: > > Hi, everyone. This might be a bit of a "dumb" question and in the > spirit of "wanting to know more than worrying about looking dumb," > here goes. Does anyone know of any problems with handling or anything > else that would occur if I had a di

[RBW] Re: rear tire wear

2009-05-21 Thread Brewster Fong
On May 21, 2:06 pm, avillage wrote: > Hi, everyone. This might be a bit of a "dumb" question and in the > spirit of "wanting to know more than worrying about looking dumb," > here goes. Does anyone know of any problems with handling or anything > else that would occur if I had a different type

[RBW] Re: rear tire wear

2009-05-21 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 14:06 -0700, avillage wrote: > Hi, everyone. This might be a bit of a "dumb" question and in the > spirit of "wanting to know more than worrying about looking dumb," > here goes. Does anyone know of any problems with handling or anything > else that would occur if I had a dif

[RBW] Re: rear tire wear

2009-05-21 Thread Brewster Fong
On May 21, 2:50 pm, Steve Palincsar wrote: > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 14:06 -0700, avillage wrote: > > Yes, that's totally normal.  What I do is replace the rear with the tire > that had been on the front and put a new one on the front.  There is, of > course, controversy about that (as with ever

[RBW] Re: rear tire wear

2009-05-21 Thread Steve Palincsar
On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 15:19 -0700, Brewster Fong wrote: > > > On May 21, 2:50 pm, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 14:06 -0700, avillage wrote: > > > > > Yes, that's totally normal. What I do is replace the rear with the tire > > that had been on the front and put a new one on