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Should I fit it 'backwards'? I have this tyre on both wheels and wondered if the tread would be better suited on the rear wheel if the rotation was the other way.
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darrenspink, that thread doesn't answer my question and it is now closed so I can't add my query.
Only ran the Advantage the normal way. Ran it with a 2.4 HR2 front and 2.25 rear.
Worked really well. Also used a Ardent with the HR2. This was also a good combo.
local conditions not withstanding...
Would have thought an advantage on the back would be a draggy rear tyre. The 2.25 is a great tyre (good winter front) and the 2.4 comes up MASSIVE, not sure I'd want them on the back.
In short, when it's a bit wet, good on the front, slow on the back. If I was going racing unless it was supergrim would try and run something a bit quicker, reckon a NN on the front would be a bit quicker.
Give it a try- it might suit your needs better, it might not.Even when a tyre works "best" one way round that doesn't mean it suits you best.
Northwind - good point, maybe I should just try it!
mrphil - I wanted an Ardent for the back but needed to buy one at very short notice and they only had Advantages in the trail centre shop (I wanted Maxxis).
Moonboy - a NN would have hurt my OCD, got to have the same make front & rear!
Love them in the dry, nice predictable drift.
Hate them in the wet. Awful tyres.
I commented on that closed thread and I still do rate the Advantage as a rear tyre...good grip and don't find it particularly draggy. Having said that, I've now tried the onone smorgasbord and reckon its a good Advantage alternative
I've been running an Advantage on the back of my five for a while now. Personally I think it's only place is on the rear, scared me senseless when i put it on the front in only damp conditions. Never found it to be perticularly draggy. Good back tyre imo.