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  • Directional tyre?
  • verses
    Full Member

    Is this telling me to fit the tyre one way on the front and the other way on the back or is the front arrow pointing to the front and the rear arrow pointing to the rear?

    zerocool
    Full Member

    Yes, but you will probably not notice any difference in performance or increased wear

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    one way on the front and the other way on the back

    I dount it make a great deal of difference as that looks to be just a nobbly tyre

    bencooper
    Free Member

    But it goes the other way around in the southern hemisphere.

    verses
    Full Member

    It’s a Ron and I don’t imagine I’ll die if I get it wrong but was just curious.

    So it faces one was on the front and the other way on the back then. Ta 🙂

    xiphon
    Free Member

    The tread is designed (so we’re told..) to be directional specific.

    At the front, you steer and brake (mostly). So you want tread that digs in when you slam on the anchors.

    At the rear, you transfer power for going forwards, thus you need traction – essentially the opposite of the braking requirements up front.

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