Fast shipment from Jaxon and spooned these tires on during the week so I could break them in this weekend. I used the old fashioned tire changer, two tire spoons
Let me see, 600 pound bike, brand new semi knobbies and a wet curvy road with ice , snow and gravel...perfect for break in!
A bit sketchy at first, but I did get in plenty of dry twisty road later to really start running them hard. First impressions are my tourances are certainly better for aggressive riding on pavement, but that's not a big surprise. Next weekend I'll give them a go in the dirt and see what I think, the few gravel patches I rode today (which were just cutting corners off the pavement
) the front tracked better. Time will tell how much a compromise I'm willing to deal with.