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Need advice on trials tires.
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[QUOTE="wayneg, post: 705471, member: 24675"] I have just put on a Mitas trials tyre on my bike (I won it as a prize when entering our champs this year as an earlybird entry :thumb: ) and it seems to be pretty good so far. It has much firmer sidewalls than either the Dunlop or Michelin, and also firmer rubber than both as well, so should handle a fair bit of abuse, and it still offers reasonable grip, probably not enough grip for an expert level rider riding on huge rocks, but ok for me and my usual wobbling about. Normally I use the Dunlops as they have firmer sidewalls than the Michelins and softer knobs which for some reason seems to work better for me in our conditions, but at my level it probably wouldn't matter much. The Michelin is definitely harder wearing than the Dunlop, and the IRC is a little bit harder wearing again. The biggest problem will be sustained high throttle, high speed use as the knobs will wear really quickly. Also handling at high speeds is not very good as they are only 3 ply tyres, compared to Metzler enduro tyres which are 6 ply (I think!), and also you tend to run the air pressure much lower, so cornering will feel a little bit vague. If you are riding in really slippery conditions and run the air pressure down fairly low (6psi) then you will get better grip than on a MX or enduro tyre. [/QUOTE]
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