A quick question...
I had the questionnable pleasure to find my Norge with a half-deflated rear tyre when intending to leave from visiting the Troffeo Rosso, last Saturday, due to what looked like a flintstone shark tooth that got lodged in a tread of my Roadsmart, smack on the centre line (i.e. where a Z6 has solid, thick rubber ...). Probably picked the stone up on the tiny country road, 1-laner with plenty of gravel in the middle I got the cut repaired with a tire plug and a dose of compressed snot, but as the tyre already had 12k km on it, I'm going to try to have it changed. (If I can find a respectable shop that's open in summer...)
So, as I do ride on smallish country roads quite regularly, the idea came to mind to investigate a Metzeler Tourance. I haven't yet checked if they exist in the necessary size, nor if it'd "fit" under my Skidmarx hugger, but
*) are they really better suited (more resistant) for use on roads that aren't exactly in a good state of repair?
*) how would they combine with a Roadsmart front?
I had the questionnable pleasure to find my Norge with a half-deflated rear tyre when intending to leave from visiting the Troffeo Rosso, last Saturday, due to what looked like a flintstone shark tooth that got lodged in a tread of my Roadsmart, smack on the centre line (i.e. where a Z6 has solid, thick rubber ...). Probably picked the stone up on the tiny country road, 1-laner with plenty of gravel in the middle I got the cut repaired with a tire plug and a dose of compressed snot, but as the tyre already had 12k km on it, I'm going to try to have it changed. (If I can find a respectable shop that's open in summer...)
So, as I do ride on smallish country roads quite regularly, the idea came to mind to investigate a Metzeler Tourance. I haven't yet checked if they exist in the necessary size, nor if it'd "fit" under my Skidmarx hugger, but
*) are they really better suited (more resistant) for use on roads that aren't exactly in a good state of repair?
*) how would they combine with a Roadsmart front?