Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions?

Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by hinkley on Sunday March 08, 2020 @01:38PM (#22519308)

I recall a buddy proselytizing on the virtues of rotating your bike tires every couple thousand miles, which for that group was about once a year (and replace in the spring)

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Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by undersuit on Sunday March 08, 2020 @03:05PM (#22519859)

My issue with that is how your control comes from the front tire on bicycles. Anytime I have a tire issue the front tire gets the newest rubber. Rotating tires is just spreading the wear and reduced traction to your steering tire.

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Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by u801e on Sunday March 08, 2020 @09:50PM (#22522210)

What I normally do when the rear tire is worn, is get a new tire, mount it on the front and move the original front tire to the rear. Even after 3000 miles of riding, my front tire doesn't show much wear at all. The rear tire, on the other hand, will have virtually no tread left.

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Re:Pollution from tire wear is worse than exhaust emissions? by hinkley on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:35AM (#22523026)

After thinking about it a bit, I believe he was suggesting rotating at 1k, and replacing the tires every 2k. Which would still leave an awful lot of tread, but also be a more aggressive replacement period than most people would do.

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