Tire wear

[Chiefy]

Have a set of Metz 880's.  I don't know how many miles on the front.  It was on there and looking pretty new when I bought it 8,000 miles ago.  Tire is about ready to be changed.  When I looked it over, I noticed there was more wear towards the left (from the riders perspective) then the right.  I assume that's from the crown in the road??  But I've never seen it mentioned here, so thought I'd ask.  Bike tracks straight and true, just about like a small chopper I had so many years ago.  No head shake or shimmies.

[PhredValk]

Do a search from the Home page, lots of info. Crown in the road and left turns are longer than right turns. British bikes wear on the right...
Fred.

[Brian]

Yep, common problem. I bet you hit the left hand turns harder and lean more than you do on the right?

[Chiefy]

Thanks guys.

We have some pretty high crowns in a lot of the roads I ride on here in Florida.  And yes, because of the crown I guess I turn left harder then when I turn right.  Although with these crowns you can run out of clearance fast on a left turn.

[salty1]

Pretty common wear pattern. Do you feel more comfortable in left turns than to the right? I do and tend to take them more aggressively. 

[Sam Shlitz]

I've learned and implemented two tricks: keep your tires slightly overinflated and try (when possible) to drive in the left lane. It really makes a difference. Look up the previous discussion (about a month ago) and you will see my post to the board about the same problem I had. Since I added pressure to the tires and started to ride mostly in the left lane I noticed my tires wear started to even out.
It is like getting free mileage by riding the right side of the rubber. Last set of tires I replaced had a completely worn left side with practically full thread on the right side (what a waste!)
Ride safe.

[Chrisj CMA]

Pretty common wear pattern. Do you feel more comfortable in left turns than to the right? I do and tend to take them more aggressively. 

If you feel more comfortable turning one way over the other I recommend to you what I did.  I cannot even remember which side I favored now, but when I realized I didnt feel comfortable leaning into a turn (left or right) I made sure I made that turn OVER AND OVER until I felt as comfortable as the strong side. 

Now I can scrape either peg just as comfortable and I dont even think about it.  Its not good to have a side you dont trust