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if one glides the same
route(s) most of the
time, is tire rotation
(moving the left tire
to the right side, and
vice versa) advisable?
if so, when/how often?
kthxbye.
q.
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stevew
08-15-2003, 12:49 AM
I've yet to see any appreciable wear in several hundred miles nor I believe has pt at 1000+.
I suppose if you are on a crowned road for much of the time you might get a little wear difference, or if you do lots of turns in one direction. Or if you put more weight on one foot consistently. In any case, I don't see any harm in rotating the wheels L<-->R once in a while.
Peter iNova
08-15-2003, 12:54 AM
Rotating tires has to do with the differential wear of front and rear tires on a car. Cars with different front/rear size tires (DeLorean for instance) can be rotated left/right but the only benefit there has to do with the different scuff patterns accelleration and braking will put on rather deep tread patterns that can be distorted by powerful torques.
The tires that came on your seg have a symmetrical tread pattern that zigs and zags equally with every revolution. Since the expected tire life of these puppies is around 30,000+ miles, what major benefit might you achieve by rotating them? It's easy to do, but I don't think you're going to get an extra 10% out of them by doing it. Besides, you'll be into your fourth to sixth set of batteries by then and you probably will have replaced these with the cool spoked wheel that comes out next summer (I make things up).
If you occasionally take the machine apart for say shipping, why not swap them informally from time to time? Now the only thing keeping you awake at night will be the pending decision of getting black dice with white spots or not.
-iNova
http://www.glidewalk.com
SegwayUtah
08-15-2003, 03:19 AM
Out of curiosity, has anyone here seen any appreciable tread wear on their tires?
i have over 1,200 miles and compared to my spare set of tires, my 1,200 miles look about the same...so i don't think a couple thousand miles wear the ht tires, at least nothing that's detectable.
cheers,
pt
quote:Originally posted by Peter iNova
Rotating tires has to do with the differential wear of front and rear tires on a car. Cars with different front/rear size tires (DeLorean for instance) can be rotated left/right but the only benefit there has to do with the different scuff patterns accelleration and braking will put on rather deep tread patterns that can be distorted by powerful torques.
The tires that came on your seg have a symmetrical tread pattern that zigs and zags equally with every revolution. Since the expected tire life of these puppies is around 30,000+ miles, what major benefit might you achieve by rotating them? It's easy to do, but I don't think you're going to get an extra 10% out of them by doing it. Besides, you'll be into your fourth to sixth set of batteries by then and you probably will have replaced these with the cool spoked wheel that comes out next summer (I make things up).
If you occasionally take the machine apart for say shipping, why not swap them informally from time to time? Now the only thing keeping you awake at night will be the pending decision of getting black dice with white spots or not.
-iNova
http://www.glidewalk.com
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...interesting info.
kthxbye.
q.
http://www.pcisys.net/~qwhew/segway/jpg_fuzzy_dice_07232003_wednesday_3b.jpg
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quote:Originally posted by q
quote:Originally posted by Peter iNova
Rotating tires has to do with the differential wear of front and rear tires on a car. Cars with different front/rear size tires (DeLorean for instance) can be rotated left/right but the only benefit there has to do with the different scuff patterns accelleration and braking will put on rather deep tread patterns that can be distorted by powerful torques.
The tires that came on your seg have a symmetrical tread pattern that zigs and zags equally with every revolution. Since the expected tire life of these puppies is around 30,000+ miles, what major benefit might you achieve by rotating them? It's easy to do, but I don't think you're going to get an extra 10% out of them by doing it. Besides, you'll be into your fourth to sixth set of batteries by then and you probably will have replaced these with the cool spoked wheel that comes out next summer (I make things up).
If you occasionally take the machine apart for say shipping, why not swap them informally from time to time? Now the only thing keeping you awake at night will be the pending decision of getting black dice with white spots or not.
-iNova
http://www.glidewalk.com
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(--corrected--)
...interesting info.
kthxbye.
q.
http://www.pcisys.net/~qwhew/segway/jpg_segway_fuzzy_dice_07232003_wednesday_3b.jpg
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BruceWright
08-15-2003, 03:12 PM
I have over 1000 miles too, no visible wear.
-Bruce Wright
Segway: Vehicle of Dream
Stewbonz
08-15-2003, 10:38 PM
I drove a farm tractor along a highway for a few summers. The tire that rode on the ashpalt wore out more quickly than the tire that rode in the dirt. If you are using the side of the road like that, then I recommend rotating. Agreed?
JEFF JARVIS
Carmel Valley Ca
I would think if you rode the same routes all the time, you would never have to rotate Seg tires? If the route there is all left turns and the right tire hits all the 'bad spots', then I would think the route home would be all right turns and the left tire would be hitting the bad spots.
I know probably way too simple reasoning, but I bet my tires get rotated inadvertently every time I take them off :-)
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