With modern directional tires, I think the only issue is worsened traction
in wet/snow/whatever conditions.

Not that I've tried it.

But I wouldn't hesitate to run a spare in the wrong direction for hundreds
of miles in case of a flat.

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:

> Directional tires, I've wondered about that.
> What happens if you run them with the arrow facing the wrong way?
>
> Rob
> becida@comcast.net
>
>
> At  6/28/2012 09:26 AM, pickle vanagon wrote:
>
>> Just to correct myself:
>> Both the WRC and WRG2 tires are asymmetrical, but *not* directional.  That
>> is, they are inside/outside specific, but don't specify a direction of
>> rotation.
>>
>> So you can cross-rotate, for example.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 9:33 AM, pickle vanagon <greenvanagon@gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> When we have gotten a flat I've really
>> > appreciated the full spare.  (With Nokian's there's a 50/50 chance your
>> > spare is mounted in the wrong direction but I consider this a
>> non-issue.)
>>
>