Originally Posted by
Drew
Most people don't notice the extent that squared tyres hinder performance, because it's a gradual transition as they stack up k's. When they replace tyres they all make the same revelation you just have.
I commute about 100km of motorway every week day. As a result my tyres do eventually square off before they get replaced. I've never had the problem of "not noticing it". A weekend twisty ride on old tyres soon has me wanting new ones. Having said that it also depends very much on what "rubber" I'm running. The Conti Road Attacks (1 & 2) were terrible when squared off but the BT45s were less of a problem. The PR4s I'm running now don't seem to square off nearly as much. After 16,000km there was a noticable but not huge difference once the new rear went on (22k now and I've yet to change the front).
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