I was due to put on a set of Conti Sport Attacks, after the BT014’s gave up, but my ‘deal’ fell through and after a quick visit to Cycletreads I came out with a set of the latest ‘must-haves’ Pilot Powers. This was the first time that I’d ever put on a set of new tyres and the trip from the North Shore was filled with anxiety, stocked up with the horror stories from the Cycletread team about people crashing within sight of the shop, and the wise words of ‘take it easy’ ringing in my ears. I decided to get them gently ‘scrubbed in’ over the weekend rather than risk it at Pukekohe. Took it to a new housing development off Botany, where the roads have been put in but no houses built. Found a bit that was the size of an indoor go-kart track and just kept going around left then right, gradually leaning further over - Brilliant! Did about a 20 ‘laps’ then headed off towards Clevedon and Hunua. Took it easy at first but the PP’s were so confidence inspiring that I was soon moving the bike left and right around the twisties without a flinch from the tyres. Sure I was still riding at 80% but I’m so far well impressed with the Powers.
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