After much dithering my new tyres arrived.

Bendy toy

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I went for Conti Trail Attack 2. They look very nice, totally useless for mud and almost certainly wont be happy on back lanes covered in loose gravel. But the worn out Conti TKC-70s are no better and these days I'm doing a lot more A roads so really don't need the gravel ability.

Pix to follow. Oh the suspense.
 
Makes sense if your staying on the tarmac, look forward to the pics.

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Yes, all good threads have pics. Brightens up my day lol

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The TKC-70 rear has squared off a bit but nothing serious. It does rumble more when leaning but I suspect that's just the thick treads at the sides. Middle now has barely visible tread.

The front has loads of tread down the middle but tread blocks at the mid shoulders are alternately very worn to about 3mm of tread. Im used to seeing the rear side of tread blocks worn down more than leading side but this is different. Dry handling is fine but wet is (shall we say?) "interesting".

Tread life has not been exactly great but I wasn't expecting a long life from a 25% off road type tyre.
 
Interesting that Continental rate the TKC-70 better for wet grip than the CTA-2 ...
 

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I wouldn't bother with those, I thought tyres are supposed to be round....that looks like its got 5 punctures all at the same time.....unlucky I guess.
 
Great tyres except in very high temperatures, they get very hot and the resulting pressure increase causes havoc with your handling (don't ask me how I know this) !
 
Maxis

Ive tried many many brands and Dunlop TR91 is my prefered but I am about to try a set of Maxis,

at £50 a pair cheaper than the rest Id though Id give them a go:nenau
 
younger06 said:
I'm asking.........do prey tell??
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Well nothing spectacular but was in the middle of a 40 degree heatwave in France and my bike started weaving and handling like I was driving on ice. Had to stop to check it out (cue enormous thunderstorm) couldn't see anything odd. The crappy TPM system was telling me everything was normal (as it "normalises" the reported pressures) but after many miles of scary riding I decided to check them with a pressure gauge and they were reading 3 and 3.5 bar (over half a bar higher than they should have been). Letting them back down fixed the issue, back to the hotel and they then lost half a bar when they cooled down.
 
Bendy toy said:
The TKC-70 rear has squared off a bit but nothing serious. It does rumble more when leaning but I suspect that's just the thick treads at the sides. Middle now has barely visible tread.

The front has loads of tread down the middle but tread blocks at the mid shoulders are alternately very worn to about 3mm of tread. Im used to seeing the rear side of tread blocks worn down more than leading side but this is different. Dry handling is fine but wet is (shall we say?) "interesting".

Tread life has not been exactly great but I wasn't expecting a long life from a 25% off road type tyre.
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I fitted TK 70's half way through my 13K 2 month trip to the states this year and they did about 6K of the trip.
The rear tyre squared off quite a bit but still had good tread depth so using my angle grinder fitted with a flappy disc
regained the profile by taking off the "squared off" bit. Worked a treat, now the bike handles well and the tyre has plenty of
life left in it. The front of course is fine.
Sounds a bit iffy i know but the tyre has plenty of tread depth where the "adjustment" took place and no harm was done or dangers raised.
Looks great now :thumb2
 
Marki_GSA said:
The TA2 isnt a good wet weather tyre that's why especially cold and wet.
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I'm afraid I have to disagree. I've used them on both my 800s and they have been fantastic in the wet. Just my experience :)
 
Magnet said:
I'm afraid I have to disagree. I've used them on both my 800s and they have been fantastic in the wet. Just my experience :)
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You have every right to. In comparison to a 70 though you just need to look at the tread. More tread = more water displacement and more heat in the tyre. That is why Continental rate the 70 as a better wet tyre.
 
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