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[ST] Tire experience with 6 brands
- Subject: [ST] Tire experience with 6 brands
- From: "David W. Funk" <dwf@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:24:32 -0700
Absolute mileage depends on a great many things, such as riding
style, road surfaces, and seasonal conditions (cold or hot roads).
I ride kind of hard. I tend to push the front tire. I like the
feel of gassing it out of corners. I also ride a lot of abrasive
bumpy roads. My only plus is I don't do a lot of high speed running,
70 to 80 is usually going fast for me. For all these reasons my
absolute tire mileage is poor.
I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. This means I don't see any
wet roads except in the winter. I ride all around California, but
mostly in the center part of the state and Sierra foothills. In
the wet winter I spend more time close to home, on roads I know
well. This means I ride a bit faster then when I am on strange
roads. So the winter is hard on tires, for me.
My current thinking about tires is:
Bridgestone BT020 - best value
Metzeler MEZ4 - best if you want a little better feel
and traction.
Avon AV46ST - very close to the MEZ4, but cost a bit more
and are harder for me to find / buy.
While my absolute mileage figures may not mean anything to you, I
think my relative mileage can be used to compare different tire.
Below I have listed all the tire I have used on my 2000 Sprint ST.
I give a xx% mileage figure by normalizing my longest lasting
set of tires, Bridgestone BT020's.
Tires are listed in the order I used them.
The data is when I bought the tire.
- --- Rear tire, all 180/55 ---
57% R#1 Metzeler Sportec M-1 went 2287 25-May-02
Great tire, but the bike was new to me and I did not
know much. This tire was showing cord all the way around.
66% R#2 Dunlop D220 went 2659 23-Jul-02
Great tire, I though it was as good as the Sportec M1
100% R#3 Bridgestone BT020 went 4006 10-Sep-02
Longest lasting tire. The tire would slip a bit when
driving hard out of corners, something the M1 & D220
did not do. All in all this tire worked well for me.
91% R#4 Metzeler MEZ4 went 3656 22-Oct-02
Good tire, better feel and grip then the BT020
90% R#5 Michilen Macadam 100X went 3625 3-Jan-02
(flat, might have gone over 100%)
I did not like the feel from this tire. It felt a bit
squirmy. I was almost happy it got a flat.
92% R#6 Avon AV46ST went 3823 3-Jan-03
Very good tire, but I really thought it would last longer.
However I did make a 1000 mile trip to Death Valley and
back where I did a lot of high speed running.
78% R#7 Avon AV46ST 5-Mar-03 at 3117
(not yet replaced, I might get another 200 = 82%)
Because the previous tire had worn the center out from
too much straight line high speed, I tried a second AV46ST.
This tire did not wear out just the center, wear was
about normal. But it did not last long enough for me.
NOTE: I did ride some wet roads with this tire. I think
the Avon is a good wet tire. But I have limited wet
riding experience.
- --- Front tire, all 120/70x17 ---
53% F#1 Metzeler Sportec M-1 went 2563 30-May-02
Great tire
67% F#2 Dunlop D220 went 3242 9-Aug-02
Great tire
100% F#3 Bridgestone BT020 went 4809 24-Sep-02
Ok tire. The feel was nothing special, but ok.
75% F#4 Metzeler MEZ4 went 3618 24-Sep-02
Good tire, better feel then BT020
??% F#5 Michilen Macadam 100X went 2311?
NOT worn out, a little
over half gone.
Ok tire, nothing special. But since I did not like the
100x on the rear, I may not have noticed.
I replaced this tire early to test a matched set of
Avon AV45/46's.
89% F#6 Avon AV45ST went 4301 17-Jan-03
Good tire, about the same as the MEZ4
??% F#7 Avon AV45ST 21-Mar-03 ??
Not replaced, but worn (2329 48%)
NOTE: I did ride some wet roads with this tire. I think
the Avon is a good wet tire. But I have limited wet
riding experience.
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David W. Funk
'00 Triumph Sprint ST
Pleasanton, CA
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