Me thinks Avon made the Storms a softer compound than the Azarros. More sticky at the price of wear life.
Actually, there is no doubt whatsoever: the Storms are
considerably softer than the Azaros.
After going through three sets of Storms in the last 40 days, I am re-assessing how much I like them. While the dry grip is indeed superior to the Azaros, the tradeoff in tread-life is something I am a bit unhappy about. Typically, for these last few sets of Storms, I am hitting the center wear bar around 5000 to 5500 miles (mind you, the assertive pace set during these last 40 days, coupled with these 100-degree ambient temps days we've had as of late, both likely contributed to the slightly abbreviated tread-life I saw....)
I'm about to put the Storms through another difficult riding test here pretty soon.... comments to follow.