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Originally Posted by
Keithblade
I didn't mean they are equal to road tyres but they are no way as bad as any rider would expect them to be for a knobbly. Wet commutes on grotty roundabouts seem easily executed.
Cant say I have had any incidents in the wet and I do ride all winter. Never had a lock up except for in snow which wouldn't count because you expect that with even the lightest of braking and I was braking for a car that did a stupid u-turn 100 yds from me.
Can not agree with the vibrations either, my bike suffers not one bit more vibration than it did when it had its stock tyres on. Would be interested to hear from others on this.
My lean angles don't suffer however I am not a 'knee down' rider anyway. As for slowing down, I don't ride any slower on TKC's than I did on my other tyres which if my memory serves me were Metzelers.
For me a great all round tyre that does road riding well and off road riding brilliantly. My only gripe is that the back doesn't last as long.
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^I'd say that's a fair assessment.
TKCs are better on the road than they have any right to be, given their design.
The only vibrations I notice with TKCs are at very low speeds (like walking pace), where you can feel the transfer between block and gap. However, as soon as speed increases it totally disappears.
The wear rate of the rear is indeed a PITA, the only thing that's spoils an otherwise perfect tyre for the XT.
I once tried a rear K60 Scout (with TKC front) in the quest for greater mileage, but IMHO the K60 is not even close to the TKC in terms of grip and handling on the road, and not as good off piste either, but it did last nearly three times as long!