Fencer
Why yes, I am a Smart ***
I wanted to post my impressions of the Avons After a good work out today. In addition to what TWN said here I wanted to address some of the issues brought up here.
I will start off with the end. I'll give them a big thumbs up. **
Today's ride was 590 miles round trip with temps ranging from 16 degrees to 51 degrees.
They performed well in the cold. I had no issues with traction at any temp. The back tire skid on me once on a mountain curve, but I am not sure if I hit an Icy patch or a pile of salt laid on the road as this area was heavily salted. I had two "oh ****" moments today with both being a case of rider error. The first, I entered a tight turn and found two long strands of loose asphalt on my apex, I over corrected and crossed the center line by an inch, riding on the paint line. (luckily there was no oncoming traffic)
The second, was a case of entering a turn "hot" and forgeting everthing I should know. I hit the breaks (mistake one) and forgot to lean the bike over (mistake two). This time ther was oncoming traffic and I crossed by a foot. As soon as my brain kicked in and I pulled the bike over, a very messy catastrophy, was avoided.
I will give them good marks for grip and stability. I touched the feelers down a few times today and got rid of the "strips".I only briefly touched a buck today, but the tires felt good in the whole range.
** I have just one issue with these tires. For a new tire I have "head shake" from the get go. not a low speed wobble, but a slight head shake in the 60-70mph accel and decell and a decell shake in the normal 40-50 range. My Metzlers did not develope the shake until half life. These tires were doing it before I hit the twisties - out on the slab.
Now we will just have to wait for longevity.
I will start off with the end. I'll give them a big thumbs up. **
Today's ride was 590 miles round trip with temps ranging from 16 degrees to 51 degrees.
They performed well in the cold. I had no issues with traction at any temp. The back tire skid on me once on a mountain curve, but I am not sure if I hit an Icy patch or a pile of salt laid on the road as this area was heavily salted. I had two "oh ****" moments today with both being a case of rider error. The first, I entered a tight turn and found two long strands of loose asphalt on my apex, I over corrected and crossed the center line by an inch, riding on the paint line. (luckily there was no oncoming traffic)
The second, was a case of entering a turn "hot" and forgeting everthing I should know. I hit the breaks (mistake one) and forgot to lean the bike over (mistake two). This time ther was oncoming traffic and I crossed by a foot. As soon as my brain kicked in and I pulled the bike over, a very messy catastrophy, was avoided.
I will give them good marks for grip and stability. I touched the feelers down a few times today and got rid of the "strips".I only briefly touched a buck today, but the tires felt good in the whole range.
** I have just one issue with these tires. For a new tire I have "head shake" from the get go. not a low speed wobble, but a slight head shake in the 60-70mph accel and decell and a decell shake in the normal 40-50 range. My Metzlers did not develope the shake until half life. These tires were doing it before I hit the twisties - out on the slab.
Now we will just have to wait for longevity.
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