So, I'm still rolling on the stock Battlewings which are great for road, and aired down aren't too bad on well maintained fire roads. I read all these articles/posts that say things like the heidenaus suck on wet pavement, and the TKC80s are horrible on wet pavement, etc…
What I'm trying to determine is; What does that mean? Does that mean 75 on the freeway (if thats what the traffic is going) and its wet and raining, thats too fast? Does that mean in a straight-line its fine, but don't' lean it over much when its raining?
I get that everything is a compromise and tire choice depends on what you will primarily ride on.
Living here in CO, there are many great "off-road" routes (so I've read as I've not gone on any yet). But to get there and back you've got to get on the highway. And we get afternoon thunderstorms that just dump buckets sometimes…. So trying to figure out what to do…
I've got years of road-riding and road-racing so I probably put more trust in my tires than I should… I tend to ride my bikes pretty hard through the corners. As an example, when I got my ST and took it on its first ride through the mountains, there were no more "chicken strips" or the molding nubs on the edges of the tire after only a couple hours. I don't try, but leaning a bike way over into a corner is very comfortable to me.. on the dry or on dedicated rain tires….
Any advice would be appreciated
What I'm trying to determine is; What does that mean? Does that mean 75 on the freeway (if thats what the traffic is going) and its wet and raining, thats too fast? Does that mean in a straight-line its fine, but don't' lean it over much when its raining?
I get that everything is a compromise and tire choice depends on what you will primarily ride on.
Living here in CO, there are many great "off-road" routes (so I've read as I've not gone on any yet). But to get there and back you've got to get on the highway. And we get afternoon thunderstorms that just dump buckets sometimes…. So trying to figure out what to do…
I've got years of road-riding and road-racing so I probably put more trust in my tires than I should… I tend to ride my bikes pretty hard through the corners. As an example, when I got my ST and took it on its first ride through the mountains, there were no more "chicken strips" or the molding nubs on the edges of the tire after only a couple hours. I don't try, but leaning a bike way over into a corner is very comfortable to me.. on the dry or on dedicated rain tires….
Any advice would be appreciated