meic wrote:It gave me a scare and I have only done about 400 miles on it. I was going around a small traffic roundabout fairly quickly and the back end slipped away, only enough to stop my heart rather than bring me off.
It is the sort of event that has happened before but only like once in the life of every five tyres. I wouldnt have associated it with the tyre if people had not sown the seeds in my mind with this thread. I would have just thought it was a bit of diesel as the conditions were suitably damp with no good cleansing rain for a while.
How do you know it wasn't?
I've done around 4k miles on these tyres(two pair on two Salsa Vaya's).I've had one fall,a technical descent on an angled gravel track at slow speed,that I misjudged and which would've happen with any tyre other than an aggressive knobbly.
I've also descended at over 45mph on some pretty roughish tarmac with a couple of sweeping bends in total confidence,in fact far more confidence than any other tyre I've ridden TBH.
I've had two punctures,both thorns which would've happened to any tyre except perhaps an M+.
I've also picked out some tiny shards of glass on routine tyre checks that if left,would no doubt have got through eventually.Both pairs have picked up some small cuts as any tyre does.
Non of these things can in anyway be attributed to the tyres,but the conditions I ride them in,including tarmac from the sublime to the ridiculous in the usual UK tradition,gravel forest roads,bridleways or various qualities and occasional singletrack.
They're IMHO a damned good tyre,and at £10 or £15 depending on which week PlanetX are selling them,are an incredible bargain.
At the usual £25 to £30 from other sellers,they're still incredible value.