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  • Why Our Bike Tires Wear Lopsided

    It has nothing to do with the load o’ tools in the left underseat bag on my Tour Easy. It has everything to do with the fact that we ride on the shoulder of crowned roads.

    Faired Tour Easy on crowned road
    Faired Tour Easy on crowned road

    Here’s a cross-section of one defunct Schwalbe Marathon rear tire with the tread obviously thicker on the left side, which would be the right side of the mounted tire:

    Schwalbe Marathon tire cross-section
    Schwalbe Marathon tire cross-section

    Maybe I should change the tires more often?