So, I took the Anakees up into the Highlands over the weekend, in what was a baptism of water!

The roads were very wet, with maybe an inch of standing water at times, and rivers crossing in parts.

The Anakees grip very well in the wet, but they reach a limit, and there is no warning of the grip going. a few times over the 700+ miles we covered over the weekend I found the rear spinning up in heavy road water. You could say this is to be expected, but we get similar conditions here in the lakes with lots of standing water, and the TKC's have never spun up under power.

Here's the basic situation;

Riding up (for this example) Glenn Coe, up the end heading onto Ranoch Moor, the water was coming down hill and the wind was blowing sideways. Give the bike some power to maintain speed and the rear spun up for a brief second.

In a nutshel, the rear tread becomes overwhelmed with water and cannot exit the water fast enough, so the tyre looses contact with the road. Kethblade, who is running Cont Escapes, had no such problem with similar loading (actually, Keith + bike+ luggage would be lighter, and so more prone to this problem) weights.

I've lost a bit of confidence in these tyres for extreme weather, but in the 'normal' wet and dry they do offer good levels of grip and never feel like they are going to 'surprise' you.

On the wear side of things, TKC's would be very square after 700+ road miles, the Anakees don't show any signs of such wear, still a nice round profile.

* The are crap on wet wooden deck bridges though !!

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