Quote Originally Posted by lhurley View Post
When rotating tyres, does anyone rotate the rim so that the tyre is facing the same direction but on the other sure?
Eg, front right, rim rotated to make it left

Reason I say that is, I heard that the belt in the tyre moves and turns slightly with driving in 1 direction, when you turn the tyre around (not flip the rim) the belt then starts to turn the other way and in doing so becomes weaker as it moves in the rubber to much.

I am running directional tread tyres and am forced to keep them in the same direction (pain in the arse!!) to do a full rotation I have to get all 4 tyres stripped off rims and refitted every third rotation to get the best wear. Adding this into the cost of purchase and a cheap tyre becomes an expensive tyre over the life.

If I was running BFgs or something I'd have no hesitation flipping and swapping sides every rotation. Rotate every 10,000 and I doubt it would be a big problem. IMO