tyre choice

[doggit]

here are a couple of pics of the maxxis tyres, i did the wirral egg run on sunday so got about 130 miles on them, and next monday me and a couple of mates who are doing the 1000 miles in 24 hours poppy appeal run in june are doing a modest 300 mile welsh run just for a bit of practise, so they will be well and truely scrubbed by then and you can see the tyre profile is quite pointy
carl

[turbo_billy]

Just fitted the same rear tyre on mine. Had a set of the Sportsmaxx on then got a puncture last weekend on the rear that had only done about 500 miles This was the only Maxxis tyre that the shop had so got them to fit and balance for £110 (and that was with the wheel removed and refitted to the bike - thanks to Mike at Protyre in Gloucester for that ) Was put off a bit when I first heard of these as some reports said that the rear could feel a bit sqirmy when lent over as the diamonds squished down but having had this fitted I have to agree with Doggit that they are spot on. The Sportsmaxx stick like s**t to a blanket and the Diamond seems to be just as good.
I think a lot of people are put off by the fact they don`t say Pirelli/Bridgestone/Michelin on the side. Try them once and you may well find you wont want to be spending big bucks on the "branded" tyres again.

[Steve6088]

I'm getting a set fitted tomorrow. It is getting expensive going through 2/3 sets of tyres each year. I've always used 021s or 23s in the past. Ill give some feedback on how these compare