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[ST] Let the Tyre Thread (or Tread) begin.....



>>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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