Front Tire.

I was looking to replace my front tire and saw it on ebay for 62 buck. I also read a warning that "not to use this non-radial front with a radial rear tire" due to handling issue. Then, i remember someone in here talking about their front tire wearing out faster then normal with CT. I am wondering if this may be a factor in it?

Anyway, what is a good long life front tire?

PhoenixFire wrote:I was looking to replace my front tire and saw it on ebay for 62 buck. I also read a warning that "not to use this non-radial front with a radial rear tire" due to handling issue. Then, i remember someone in here talking about their front tire wearing out faster then normal with CT. I am wondering if this may be a factor in it?

Anyway, what is a good long life front tire?

Depends on what kind of bike you have and most importantly how aggressively you ride it! By experience on all the cruisers I've had typically I got with MT's on front and rear the use of 2 rear to every 1 front. Never tried running a Bias-Ply&radial together on MT's. I am currently running a Bias-Ply front MT with a Radial CT on the rear, with the air PSI set correctly on my rear CT I can't tell I've got a CT on it,(feels the same as MT did). Don't know about it wearing out the front any sooner but plan on trying a Radial MT on front next! I've got about 15k-20k on most every front MT I've tried but they've all been Bias-Ply though? Good Luck with your choice! [GOOSE]

I don't think it matters at all. Get a good tire and make sure the mfg date is within range. You will want to change a tire that is 6 years old regardless of tread wear. Tires on ebay can be old. i bought a 4 year old perelli knowing that I'd change it in a couple years. HTH.