[LeftRightRepeat]

How important is it, if at all, that front and rear tire on your tri-bike are the same brand/type/model?

 

[neil donnelly]

Depends on how strict the Tire police are

 

[RandMart]

I know that there are front/rear specific MTB tires.<br><br>
Mine don't match on The Tick, but it's more of a fashion statment than a performance issue.<br><br><img alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/2245004195_99d5e10f0e.jpg" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[Doug33]

Pure vanity for road tires, as far as I know. For MTB tires, some of the high end tires DO have front and rear specific tires as well as directional tires. I have a set of directional ones on one of my MTB bikes.

 

[RunningForT3]

I hope it's not important, I have different ones now.

 

[Alaska Mike]

Not that important to me as I have a Shimano front wheel and a DT Swiss rear wheel. The bike came with Shimano wheels and when I got a PowerTap, they built the PT hub on a DT Swiss wheel. Everyone, including the LBS, told me it wasn't worth the money to buy a matching front wheel.<br><br>
Mike

 

[4boysmom]

As long as they both go round and round, does it really matter? Only reason Ruby and son's The Stealth have matching tires is because they're still the originals.

 

[Thor]

I'm gonna pretty I didn't see this.