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Originally Posted by
kinioo
Mitas M09 was my second option, cheaper but how they do on tarmac.
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We are oing off in Devon for 3days (all sort of stuff available there) but I hae to get there from Hertfordshire, so few miles on M25 M4 etc.
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E-09... they're fine on tarmac, even in the wet. Steering is a bit lighter, but aside from that they don't behave noticeably different to something like Tourances.
A few days in Devon... I've ridden to the Spanish Pyrenees through France, done three days of trail-riding and then ridden back again - then got another couple of thousand miles out of the tyres in the UK. Does that answer your question?
I've tended to junk mine at about 5000--5500 miles, they're still legal at that point (probably 3mm tread in the middle of the rear), but not much use on dirt.
Most people rave about TKCs (although plenty also complain about the life as well), and I keep thinking I ought to try a pair for the sake of comparison, but as they cost more than the Mitas, and I've not found anything to complain about with the E-09s, it's kinda difficult to justify the experiment.