help me understand bike setup vs. (front) tire durability

 just read this hayden quote from monday's post-race testing:

"One thing we really worked on was trying to make the front tyres last
a little bit longer because I've been hard on front tyres this weekend
and I think we achieved that."

what sorts of suspension and frame adjustments can be made to improve
tire durability, and what's the mechanics of how that durability is
realized?  seriously...to keep it simple, lets focus on the front-end.

what adjustments are made to improve front tire durability while still
maintaining (or improving) grip?  and how do those changes *cause* the
improvment in front tire durability?

walter

 On Apr 24, 1:43 pm, wamann...@email.com wrote:

I'm no expert on bike setup and there are certainly things these teams
do that are beyond a lot of people's understanding due to the variety
of setup options.  That said, the general idea is that if you increase
trail, you increase stability, especially on the brakes (worsening
side-to-side transition time somewhat) and allow the rider to brake
deeper into the corners.  So I would read the quote to mean they tried
to get away from that a little by decreasing the trail a little, which
would allow the rider to brake a bit longer in a straight line, and
then quickly lay it down on the side.  This kind of riding might be
bad for a defensive line, as it would expose the inside longer before
reaching the apex.

Other possibilities include similar goals with respect to offloading
some of the braking work from the front by maybe turning up more
compression damping on the rear to keep the trail short on corner
exits to allow the bike to continue steering well after the apex.