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Old Jan 4, 2016 | 07:16 PM
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How many people run a bias front tire and a radial rear tire ? What are the pros and cons? Is it safe ?
 

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Some models (the Breakout) come that way. The only combination I believe is taboo is radial front, bias rear. Anything else works.
 
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What would you benefit from doing it? I didn't know that some bikes came that way.
 
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no benefit, no foul handling characteristics either. just one of those things that works.

But I think tire flex comes into play when you run a radial front with a bias rear, causing adverse handling affects.

I've ran bias tires front and rear, radial rear with a bias front and cant tell a difference and felt comfortable with both.
 
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Bias tires have a hard side wall and radials flex.
radial in the rear bias in the front.
I have run that combo with two different sets of tires.
Works for me.
Just make sure to run the rear radial with a radial tube for wire rims.
The radial tube is very thick in the center in case a spoke extends.
 
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Posted in the wrong section again
 
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Doesn’t make a damn bit of difference in the handling…
 
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