MarinaFazer
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OK, so I think I've discovered that I like touring...
Anyways, since I mostly commute on my bike, and I don't go to the racetrack, do you think I should get street tires (Dunlop Qualifiers or Metzler M3) or should I get a dual compound touring tire.
My riding style:
I ride canyons with friends, but not really racing...more of a "fast-pace" since I'm usually coming around the turns last. Since I commute, most of my tire's time is spent in the middle (resulting in the current squaring of my tire). I do long distances at least twice a month (between 200-800 miles per trip) and have been averaging just about 1,000 miles a month.
With that being said, I want a tire that will perform in canyons if I go out with some people and we decide to go bombing through familiar terrain, but I also want something that's going to hold up as well as my stock tire has for the long trips I've been taking and the day to day commute with minimal squaring. So it sounds like I'm looking for dual compound.
With all of that information, I'm not looking for the BEST tire out there, but what are people running and I'd probably like to get 5,000 miles out of my tires at least, since I'll have put 8,000 on my stock tires.
oh: how much did you pay for your tire and WHERE did you get it? (if you say online, say what website please)
**I will probably be buying a new rear tire (first new tire for this bike) in the coming weeks as I'm doing 1,000 miles this weekend and the tire is starting to feel like it's squaring off.
Anyways, since I mostly commute on my bike, and I don't go to the racetrack, do you think I should get street tires (Dunlop Qualifiers or Metzler M3) or should I get a dual compound touring tire.
My riding style:
I ride canyons with friends, but not really racing...more of a "fast-pace" since I'm usually coming around the turns last. Since I commute, most of my tire's time is spent in the middle (resulting in the current squaring of my tire). I do long distances at least twice a month (between 200-800 miles per trip) and have been averaging just about 1,000 miles a month.
With that being said, I want a tire that will perform in canyons if I go out with some people and we decide to go bombing through familiar terrain, but I also want something that's going to hold up as well as my stock tire has for the long trips I've been taking and the day to day commute with minimal squaring. So it sounds like I'm looking for dual compound.
With all of that information, I'm not looking for the BEST tire out there, but what are people running and I'd probably like to get 5,000 miles out of my tires at least, since I'll have put 8,000 on my stock tires.
oh: how much did you pay for your tire and WHERE did you get it? (if you say online, say what website please)
**I will probably be buying a new rear tire (first new tire for this bike) in the coming weeks as I'm doing 1,000 miles this weekend and the tire is starting to feel like it's squaring off.