Don in Lodi
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Wouldn't the steering just be crooked, because both tires have to be pointed in the same direction. With three or more tires in contact with the ground, all sorts of wear stuff can happen, but with two, everything is self centering. Yes, the ass end could be crabbed side ways visibly, but both tires are pointed in the same direction. Neither tire has any need to push itself into the other tire's track, they're both pointed the same way.markjenn said:Not having the front and rear tires on the same alignment does cause some "scrubbing" although I agree that it would have to be a major mis-alignment to affect tire life. Any mis-alignment will cause the bike to want to continually turn and to counter this and make the bike go straight, the rider has to feed in some opposite bar pressure to counter the turn. To a lesser degree, its identical to the cross-control inputs you see in a power-slide and does cause the tires to slighlty scrub sideways across the road.
- Mark