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[ST] Let the Tyre Thread (or Tread) begin.....
- Subject: [ST] Let the Tyre Thread (or Tread) begin.....
- From: Neil Tracey <Neil.Tracey@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 13:42:40 +0100
>>Has anyone any views on tyre brand wet weather performance?
Yup.
AV 35 front/AV40 rear combination fantastic in the dry, total s**te in the
wet on anything other than a straight road!
Show it a bend and a raindrop and it'll have you off.
- --
Neil "Diamond Dawg" Tracey
ex Sprint Sport. 99 Red ST
Bath. UK.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Bostock [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 03 April 2001 12:50
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ST] Azaro II on rear
>
>
> In your message regarding RE: [ST] Azaro II on rear dated
> Tue, 3 Apr 2001
> 09:04:04 +0100 , Neil Tracey said that ...
>
> >N T- I don't *think* it was either, I always ride very
> cautiously in drizzle
> >N T- around bends and I didn't see anything on the apex,
> but that doesn't mean
> >N T- that there wasn't some diesel lurking there....
> >N T- The AV40 II has very little tread, its a real
> supersport tyre, would not
> >N T- have been my choice.
> >N T- The only good point is that it will wear very quickly
> so by the end of the
> >N T- summer can probably put a new pair of matching Avons on.
>
> As it is April can we start the tyre thread?
>
> I notice from the reports in the FAQ/Tyres section that there
> is an absence
> of data on wet-weather performance of the various brands.
> Indeed Avon's
> own web site when describing the AV35/36 combination says
> "gives improved
> dry grip and enhanced high-speed stability". ... no mention of the wet
> stuff again!
> Has anyone any views on tyre brand wet weather performance.
> BTW the Met Office have forecast a drought here in the UK
> starting in May
> so I will be going for the AV35/36 in time for my Spain ->
> France trip and
> for our summer but probably will be ready to change tyres
> again by October
> so will be looking for wet-weather performance :-(
>
>
> --
> Mike Bostock
> mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.toothfairy.co.uk/
> Wales and SW ST Riders
> http://www.sprint-st.org/
>
> '99 Red ST
>
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