Tyres vs road surface?

[Sentox]

When I replace these Shinkos with something better, will I notice any difference on a rough road surface, or this only really a function of suspension? They feel especially skittery over bumpy seal, and I'm wondering if a softer, stickier compound helps at all in this respect.

[Owl]

My S3 was shocking for that in stock form and I was running decent tyres. Suspension tweaking saw vast improvements in this area and later modifications, vastly improved again.

[p.dath]

When I replace these Shinkos with something better, will I notice any difference on a rough road surface, or this only really a function of suspension? They feel especially skittery over bumpy seal, and I'm wondering if a softer, stickier compound helps at all in this respect.

I would personally guess that suspension would play a bigger factor - but the job of suspension is to keep the tyres on the ground, so it seems reasonable tyres will have some impact. Other big factors will be having the tyres correctly inflated (nothing to do with tyre brand).

On a side note, if in your head it makes you feel the bike is handling better, then that will probably make a bigger difference. :) It's amazing what our brains make us do.

ps. Shinkos do not have a good reputation ...

[boman]

Yes I believe that replacing them would have a positive effect. Also tweaking the suspension, setting the sag etc, would help too. Remember that the tyre is the only thing in contact with the road. It is pointless having good brakes, well set up suspension and shitty tyres IMO.

[Mishy]

Yup, i'm in the "bit of both' camp on that one. the tyres and suspension are so dependent on each other, so you just can't consider one without also considering the other.
You may get an improvement with a better tyre, but that may just be helping to mask an underlying suspension issue.
In the long run, you won't get the behavior you really could, and tyre life certainly suffers (tyre guy blaming the suspension guy again !)

[CookMySock]

Tyres make little difference to the ride. Better tyres will add to its' sure-footedness in the wet etc, but to fix the rough ride you really need some cartridge emulators.

Steve