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Looking for assistance here - I've done a search but nae joy as yet, perhaps this might ring bells for someone else.

I'm looking for a post made by someone which contained (or maybe linked to) a table that showed which combinations of tyre types could be mixed front and rear. It showed (for example - I have no idea which combos were ok) whether you could use a radial front tyre with a belted-bias on the rear.
I really am doing my nut over this right now... any pointers would be much appreciated.
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This one?

from Mix 'n' match tyres
jimc wrote:
You can mix manufacturers and models just fine, but there are some gotchas wrt mixing different construction types on bikes:

LEGAL
Crossply front, crossply rear
Radial front, radial rear
Bias belt front, bias belt rear
Crossply front, radial rear
Bias belt front, radial rear

ILLEGAL
Radial front, crossply rear
Bias belt front, crossply rear
Radial front, bias belt rear

(Note crossply is sometimes called bias ply, not to be confused with bias belt)
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YES!
Many Thanks, Harvey. I was certain it was that self-styled "grumpy old git" that was behind it but even searching by author yielded an inordinate volume of posts.

In the words of Douglas Renholm: I am "beholden to you..."
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Someone pointed this out to me, was a great help

http://www.mbdevelopments.co.uk/schwalbe/faqs_vespa_tyre-size.php
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