Tire Wear

Yeah, you should rotate your tire and start wearing out a
different spot. (I raised an eyebrow the first time I
heard of rotating tires on unicycles 😉 ) There are two
ways to do it.

1. Deflate the tire and slide it around the rim. Be careful
of the tube, since it should stay where it is, and make
sure the stem is still sticking out straight afterwards.

2. Remove the cranks and reinstall them 90 degrees from
where they were.

I prefer the first method, because I don't like to mess with
my cranks if I don't have to and risk making them loose.
Also, if you just move the tire, you can rotate it just an
eighth of a turn and wear out 8 spots instead of just 4 to
make it last that much longer.

Andy

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quark soup said:

Also, if you just move the tire, you can rotate it just an
eighth of a turn and wear out 8 spots instead of just 4 to
make it last that much longer.

But you have to remember which direction you rotated (if you
do it in time so you can't just see it), or make a note
about it (and then lose the note).

Alternatively, you can rotate the first time over 90 degrees
(any direction), the second time over 45 degrees (any
direction) and the third time over 90 degrees (any
direction).

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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