Best commuting tyre?
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Bout time for a new rear tyre for a bike mainly used for commuting and the occasional spirited run. Does a lot of around town and motorway miles, so no need for something sticky, but something hard wearing would be good. The Bridgestones I have on have done 4000 miles or so under me, plus whatever the lad before me did. That includes one track day, but they have properly squared off due to the sort of riding I do. So much so you could use a set square and find its not quiet as square as my tyre. 
Can anyone recommend something? Money is obviously an issue, but its not as important as having some good rubber on.
Can anyone recommend something? Money is obviously an issue, but its not as important as having some good rubber on.
tvr-paul said:
It would help if you had said what bike it's for but the Pirelli Angel ST are a excellent sports touring tyre and ideal for motorway use, the way they are constructed helps to stop the squaring off that most dual compound tyres suffer from.
A good freind had the Angle's on his 09 R1, yea the bike had a pink frame. But
he's a fast road rider, very fast and does many uk and Euro trackdays. He go soemthing like 9 K from the rear and said they were great. But he also does high milage and did most of this from about Oct 09 to feb 10. rated them highly
The longest lasting tyres I've used so far are Maxxis Supermax. 14'000 miles front/11'000 miles rear. Very good all-round tyre and cheap.
I'm currently testing a rear Avon Roadrider to see how that performs, after someone said they would outlast the Maxxis (which I doubt).
The worst tyres were Bridgestone BT020 & 021's - but that is well documented in other threads.
I'm currently testing a rear Avon Roadrider to see how that performs, after someone said they would outlast the Maxxis (which I doubt).
The worst tyres were Bridgestone BT020 & 021's - but that is well documented in other threads.
9k miles and counting on a set of PR2s on my bike. The rear is only just starting to show signs of squaring-off.RemaL said:
tvr-paul said:
It would help if you had said what bike it's for but the Pirelli Angel ST are a excellent sports touring tyre and ideal for motorway use, the way they are constructed helps to stop the squaring off that most dual compound tyres suffer from.
A good freind had the Angle's on his 09 R1, yea the bike had a pink frame. But
he's a fast road rider, very fast and does many uk and Euro trackdays. He go soemthing like 9 K from the rear and said they were great. But he also does high milage and did most of this from about Oct 09 to feb 10. rated them highly
I'm on, well I'm not going to say how many I've used on the 09 R1.
Best I managed to get from any rear tyre on any of my R1's was 3.5k on the 05 One.
Biker's Nemesis said:
RemaL said:
tvr-paul said:
It would help if you had said what bike it's for but the Pirelli Angel ST are a excellent sports touring tyre and ideal for motorway use, the way they are constructed helps to stop the squaring off that most dual compound tyres suffer from.
A good freind had the Angle's on his 09 R1, yea the bike had a pink frame. But
he's a fast road rider, very fast and does many uk and Euro trackdays. He go soemthing like 9 K from the rear and said they were great. But he also does high milage and did most of this from about Oct 09 to feb 10. rated them highly
I'm on, well I'm not going to say how many I've used on the 09 R1.
Best I managed to get from any rear tyre on any of my R1's was 3.5k on the 05 One.
Biker's Nemesis said:
RemaL said:
tvr-paul said:
It would help if you had said what bike it's for but the Pirelli Angel ST are a excellent sports touring tyre and ideal for motorway use, the way they are constructed helps to stop the squaring off that most dual compound tyres suffer from.
A good freind had the Angle's on his 09 R1, yea the bike had a pink frame. But
he's a fast road rider, very fast and does many uk and Euro trackdays. He go soemthing like 9 K from the rear and said they were great. But he also does high milage and did most of this from about Oct 09 to feb 10. rated them highly
I'm on, well I'm not going to say how many I've used on the 09 R1.
Best I managed to get from any rear tyre on any of my R1's was 3.5k on the 05 One.
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