Super Noob tire question

[NeonRyder]

So I was looking at my bike the other day and I am thinking that my rear tire is on backwards??

The question is 2 parts.
1) Should the rear tire rotational direction go the same way as it would on a car? (both having directional tread)
2) Should the front tire go the opposite way or the same as the rear?

I tried google but I suck at searching I guess.
There is no rotational direction markings on the tire, I'm just going by the design of the tread.

Thanks!

[joe_and_jeep]

What brand tire? Post a pic.

[5 SPD XJs]

Usually the rear tire chevrons if you want to call them that, are backwards to gather in, not forward to did outwhen the tire spins. Remember you don't have a throttle, you get maybe three pumps spinning before all momentum is gone(and you fall over or put a foot down.LOL). The front arrow on top looking down points forward. If you break hard enough it will dig before you would endo. So they are opposite each other(usually)

[88wd21]

every bike tire I've looked at had a directional arrow on the sidewall, sometimes you gotta actually LOOK good to find them though.

[NeonRyder]

Ok got some pics up now.

This is my tire.


This is my wife's bike, but the tire on my bike was mounted for the same rotational direction. I believe it is on wrong. Rear tire viewed from above.

[88wd21]

the bottom one is how mine are mounted on both mine and my wifes bikes (though they are the generic 'mountian bike tread' patterns)

who knows what I was thinking about with the sidewall arrow thought too... musta been a long day at work.

[NeonRyder]

the bottom one is how mine are mounted on both mine and my wifes bikes (though they are the generic 'mountian bike tread' patterns)

who knows what I was thinking about with the sidewall arrow thought too... musta been a long day at work.

Yeah I think my tires are too "low end" to have the directional arrows Lol. According to google the higher end tires have them.
The only reason I am thinking mine are on backwards is that I was trying to climb some hills and it didn't seem like I could get any traction?