How gutted would you be...

[musicman]

I can't see a sprocket but if forced to guess I'd say rear wheel.

Tread pattern for front and back are different as they do different things. Keeping in mind tread is "channels for water".

Think of riding in the rain. In a straight line the front wheel is always riding onto wet road, so it has to pump water off the road while going in a straight line, and while going around corners.

The rear wheel get's it easier in the wet. In a straight line it's rolling in a channel of relatively "dry" road that the front wheel has already pumped all the water off. So the cehntre of the tire needs no pumping tread (i.e. a LOT less tread in the centre of a rear tire).

While cornering the rear will run a slightly different line to the front wheel - so it still needs tread toward the edges.

I see, it's just that I've never seen a rear with a straight centre tread (not that I've seen every kind of rear out there) but I've seen a few fronts with a straight centre tread. Also most rears I've seen have a flatter profile, not as narrow as the tyre in the pic (but as I've said, I'm a noob).

[ManDownUnder]

I see, it's just that I've never seen a rear with a straight centre tread (not that I've seen every kind of rear out there) but I've seen a few fronts with a straight centre tread. Also most rears I've seen have a flatter profile, not as narrow as the tyre in the pic (but as I've said, I'm a noob).

I'm open to correction on it but I personally think of them as pumpers and pushers (I read that somewhere a while ago...)

Here's a good example of what I'm saying - on the tires I'm running.
http://64.27.127.169/Img/Icn2/Tire_B...one-BT-020.jpg

[ManDownUnder]

I'm open to correction on it but I personally think of them as pumpers and pushers (I read that somewhere a while ago...)

Here's a good example of what I'm saying - on the tires I'm running.
http://64.27.127.169/Img/Icn2/Tire_B...one-BT-020.jpg

Edit - I take that all back - looking at the pic I just posted, and comparing it to the original photo - it looks very front wheel from the tread (compared to the BT020)...

[NZsarge]

Thats happened to me after 3 weeks of ownership, but the bastards left no trace of it.

Its funny..you come out to your bike afterwork and its not there..so you scratch your head and try to convince yourself you must have parked somewhere else and forgot about it.

Then it hits you that you didn't.

Bastards.

A feeling of disbelieve and sensation of sinking all at the same time.....
Slimey thieving barstards!

[Jiminy]

Ow, I thought it was a wheel trap and you had managed to catch a wheel

Seriously, I'd be gutted and would hope for the insurance to pay quickly and in full.

Its funny..you come out to your bike afterwork and its not there..so you scratch your head and try to convince yourself you must have parked somewhere else and forgot about it.

Then it hits you that you didn't.

The opposite happened to me with a push bike. Went shopping just to realise that I had forgotten the bike in front of the shop on my last visit . I guess with all the gear, I wouldn't forget my motorbike.