btw I paid $143 then $147 for the Pirelli MT21 140/80-18; the Mitas E-09 130/80-18 is $160. It'd want to be pretty damn good and long-lived to be worth the extra money over the MT21, particularly as it is one size smaller (although stated as nearly the same diameter). I thought the Mitas' were supposed to be cheap?! Although I suppose it is vs. the Michelin Desert 140/80-18 (from which it is cloned) at $199.
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