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Originally Posted by
phil ten
Ive never heard CO2 as stable on the road before! !
I know a lot of people with CO2's and they love them, but all agree that on the road there dodgy.
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I've heard no end of people say, more or less "if you ride on tarmac on C-02s you will die". I've probably done over 10,000 miles on C-02 rears over the last couple of years, plenty of it in the wet. Last time I checked I was still alive.
From this, I hypothesise that "people" are generally dumb and expect a dirt bike on knobblies to behave just like they were on more road-biased rubber.
I dunno about you, but I tend to ride a bit slower in the rain. Equally, I'm not dawdling, I have better things to do than spend too long on the commute. I ride the tarmac sections of rallies on them, legally of course, but under time pressure. At least one rally last year had a mile or so of tarmac in the special test.
Actually, 'stable' was probably a poor choice of words in my last post, the Army Special rear isn't in any way "unstable" or "unpredictable" - it just has absolutely no grip. It lets go in the most beautifully predictable way, and will turn you into the king of drifting out of corners - although you won't be able to wheelie any more. It will also wear out in a couple of thousand miles.
A C-02 has way more grip on-tarmac, and a bit more grip off-tarmac. You should be able to get the best part of 4,000 miles from one.
(IMO. The reality of course is that internet advice on tyres is seldom worth a damn, you've just got to put your money down and try for yourself. I'd suggest trying a C-02 when you kill the Army rear, but you can make your own mind up)