Post by claytonia on May 18, 2019 13:09:21 GMT -5
I have a fairly basic tire question: if I orient it so that the tread pattern goes in the correct direction for a rear tire, can I use a front tire on the rear? This would mean it rotating in the opposite direction of the arrow. Which brings the fundamental question of: is the rotation arrow strictly to keep the tire tread pattern in the correct direction, or is there some structural issue that this is being addressed such that the tire should only be run in that direction, and in it's designated front / rear position?
As you would probably guess, yes I have a 19" rim on the rear and have discovered that street rear tires of this size pretty much no longer exist (with the exception of reproduction vintage Dunlop's I think). I currently have a Kenda Challenger 110/90 rear tire that came with the converted rim, but it is past its prime and is getting pretty hard. I had no trouble getting a new front tire to match, but have now ordered from two different vendors on Amazon what was listed as that size tire for the rear, but when I received them they turned out to be front tires (the tread direction matches my front, which is the opposite of how a rear tire should be in my experience). Kenda does not designate front or rear on the tire itself, but the sticker has the model number with an F suffix, which I'm pretty sure means front. I returned the first without any problem but I'm hanging on to the second for now in the hopes that someone can confirm that I can flip it and put it on the rear. I've searched fairly thoroughly and discovered that the tire I need does not exist anymore.
As you would probably guess, yes I have a 19" rim on the rear and have discovered that street rear tires of this size pretty much no longer exist (with the exception of reproduction vintage Dunlop's I think). I currently have a Kenda Challenger 110/90 rear tire that came with the converted rim, but it is past its prime and is getting pretty hard. I had no trouble getting a new front tire to match, but have now ordered from two different vendors on Amazon what was listed as that size tire for the rear, but when I received them they turned out to be front tires (the tread direction matches my front, which is the opposite of how a rear tire should be in my experience). Kenda does not designate front or rear on the tire itself, but the sticker has the model number with an F suffix, which I'm pretty sure means front. I returned the first without any problem but I'm hanging on to the second for now in the hopes that someone can confirm that I can flip it and put it on the rear. I've searched fairly thoroughly and discovered that the tire I need does not exist anymore.
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