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PostPosted: 11:22 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Wheelying with a dodgy rear tyre... Reply with quote
If you wheelie with the rear tyre on the wrong way round- would it greatly affect your wheelies?
I just realised that it does on my bicycle-and was wondering if riding a proper bike with incorrectly fitted tyres significantly affected handling...
any ideas people?anyone had tyres on the wrong way round before.... Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:24 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tyres can go on the wrong way around? Shocked
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
your gonna crash, I wouldnt recommend it at all.
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PostPosted: 11:29 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Put it on backwards and it will be like riding with a slick.

All the channels will be going backwards so they will be no use at all, in the wet, and keep the water under the tyre.

Groovearmada wrote:
Tyres can go on the wrong way around? Shocked


Look at your tyre and you should see an arrow on it somewhere.
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PostPosted: 11:31 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
but if it was dry then water wouldnt need to be cleared..
i know its wrong and not safe to have tyres on the wrong way round, but is there anyone that can give a suitable scientific why its unsafe?
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PostPosted: 11:32 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
cos the tyres designed to rotate in one direction at high speed. cant be good to go against that.

just my 2p worth and may not have any scientific bearing in reality.
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PostPosted: 11:34 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would have imagined it was just to do with the tread being the right way round. Don't know how they could make a rubber that was affected by which way it is turning.
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
it shouldnt affect wheelies.
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PostPosted: 12:49 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
T1z3R wrote:
cos the tyres designed to rotate in one direction at high speed. cant be good to go against that.

I have raced with tyres on the wrong way around.

The reason to do it is usually because the right hand side is more worn than the left.

It shouldn't effect wheelies.

It will not be like running a slick. There are a lot of different factors as well as tread pattern that effects the way a tyre works.

The problem that can happen is the tyre delaminating. This is not a good thing.
This can happen due to the way the tread is joined. Normally it would be pushing the join together, however the other way around it can kinda pick up the leading edge.
See my paint skills below for an example.

Shouldn't be a problem 99.9% of the time. Check to see if there's an obvious join line with a lip. If there is, don't use the tyre the wrong way around (I'd be tempted not to use it anyway, though, to be honest.)
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PostPosted: 19:15 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
lovin the pic Smile

makes sense that if you think about it, all tyres must start life as a flat piece of rubber.
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PostPosted: 21:53 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thought they were moulded so why would they have that slice in them?
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PostPosted: 21:59 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are moulded in one long strip which is then cut and glued onto the carcass.
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PostPosted: 22:04 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
G wrote:
They are moulded in one long strip which is then cut and glued onto the carcass.


Think you've got it the wrong way round mate. The tread is injection mould on some and hot pressed on others. Depends on the manufacturer. the join is normally on the carcass, have a look inside your tyre and you can see it.
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PostPosted: 22:10 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
No matter what if you crash with a tyre on the wrong way round it will more than likely invalidate your insurance.
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PostPosted: 22:13 - 21 Mar 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
sickpup wrote:

Think you've got it the wrong way round mate. The tread is injection mould on some and hot pressed on others. Depends on the manufacturer. the join is normally on the carcass, have a look inside your tyre and you can see it.

Not what the Pirelli bloke said <shrugs>.
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