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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 15071" data-attributes="member: 21">Depends on the size of the bike fund.  I tend to go on condition rather than miles.  Different terrains can have vastly different wear rates.  My closest riding has lots of planted sharp rocks.  That place eats tires.  If you steer with the throttle rears have a very short life there.  On my last tire change I went with a Pirelli Scorpion pro front and a MT43.  They have something like 1000 miles on them.  The rear may have another 1000.  The front is wasted.  Most of the side knobs are still on the tire, but are almost torn through.  I've never been in a situation where I replaced a front before the rear.  Strange that is.  I usually go through two rears per front, but not with the MT43.</blockquote>