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« on: August 23, 2014, 01:49:35 AM » |
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I recently went to the dark and like it,
I did notice today that my front tire had the same wear on the right side only as the recently replaced MT did.
This is new any thoughts out there as to why this wear accured...
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Michvalk
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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 02:57:23 AM » |
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Is the wear on the right side as you are sitting on the bike? Or on the left, sitting on the bike. Many have reported wear to the left side of the front tire. Speculation is, the crown of the road is the culprit for that type of wear. If it is truly wearing on the right side, as you are sitting on the bike, I have no idea  |
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Willow
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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2014, 10:49:58 AM » |
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Is the wear on the right side as you are sitting on the bike? Or on the left, sitting on the bike. Many have reported wear to the left side of the front tire. Speculation is, the crown of the road is the culprit for that type of wear. If it is truly wearing on the right side, as you are sitting on the bike, I have no idea You could start an interesting argument with that speculation. The only way the crown could cause the wear you see is if the rider was constantly in a thirty degree lean against the crown. The wear is caused by the different amount of time in a left versus right turn. |
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2014, 12:24:21 PM » |
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BobB
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« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2014, 01:23:04 PM » |
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Do you commonly ride on a NASCAR track?
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olddog1946
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« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2014, 05:39:31 PM » |
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My last front tire only had 16K on it and the left side was worn down to the wear bars and the right side still looked new...freaked me out, but I did find that the left side fork was sitting about a 32nd of an inch lower that the right one..
I hope that was the reason for it..we shall see when I wear this new one down.
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« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2014, 08:49:53 PM » |
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Is the wear on the right side as you are sitting on the bike? Or on the left, sitting on the bike. Many have reported wear to the left side of the front tire. Speculation is, the crown of the road is the culprit for that type of wear. If it is truly wearing on the right side, as you are sitting on the bike, I have no idea You could start an interesting argument with that speculation. The only way the crown could cause the wear you see is if the rider was constantly in a thirty degree lean against the crown. The wear is caused by the different amount of time in a left versus right turn. From riding around in circles then? Maybe it is caused by the coriolis effect of the rotation of the earth.  |
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PhredValk
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« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2014, 11:06:43 PM » |
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You don't give your location anywhere. Are you in Great Briton or Australia, perhaps? Riding on the left side of the road reverses the normal wear on the front tire.
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Michvalk
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« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2014, 06:06:33 AM » |
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I guess regardless of speculation, (which my comment was) the real answer is, many of the Valks do this, not all, and is fairly normal. |
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