FJRocket
Doctor Throckenstein !!!
You may have seen my other thread questioning what to do for tires when starting a trip. We'll I still like the Pirelli Strada E for the rear and the Avon Storm for the front. There's lots of good choices out there.
I read a couple threads about the Shinko Raven 009s and decided to give them a try. The original plan was to throw them on my AE for the ride from Indiana "the long way" to WFO and back. After having a run out/flat/plugged rear Storm changed out in Colorado just 1500 miles ago, I was contemplating leaving the Dunlop D220ST on the rear. Well, I didn't. I decided to strip the tires and go for fresh shoes to start what may end up being a 6K run over 9 days.
I just got back in from a nice little test jaunt. Not a hardcore test, just a 10 mile or so easy ride to see what they were like. As with all fresh tires, these feel great. However, no bar shake, no wobble and they track straight as an arrow. I must have done a good job balancing, too, because all the way up under a buck, they're like rolling on a billiard table. SWEET! The front seems easy to turn in and the bike seems pretty sweet laying over in a turn.
Almost time for the big ROAD TEST!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO WOOOOFOOOOO!
Better pic of the tread design:
I read a couple threads about the Shinko Raven 009s and decided to give them a try. The original plan was to throw them on my AE for the ride from Indiana "the long way" to WFO and back. After having a run out/flat/plugged rear Storm changed out in Colorado just 1500 miles ago, I was contemplating leaving the Dunlop D220ST on the rear. Well, I didn't. I decided to strip the tires and go for fresh shoes to start what may end up being a 6K run over 9 days.
I just got back in from a nice little test jaunt. Not a hardcore test, just a 10 mile or so easy ride to see what they were like. As with all fresh tires, these feel great. However, no bar shake, no wobble and they track straight as an arrow. I must have done a good job balancing, too, because all the way up under a buck, they're like rolling on a billiard table. SWEET! The front seems easy to turn in and the bike seems pretty sweet laying over in a turn.
Almost time for the big ROAD TEST!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO WOOOOFOOOOO!
Better pic of the tread design: