I will soon be trying a Pilot Pure on the rear. Have heard mixed reports. It is a very light tyre to hold. Must have light side wall construction. What pressure will it need? I run whatever is available for the right price and this tyre came up cheap.
I have Pure's font and back...........really liked them at first ...........but..........now have lost all confidence in them
They have worn really quickly 3k and not much life left in them. I rode yesterday with Matty and co up the Old road
and I could not keep up just had no grip and was getting very nervous.
I had a chat with Glen from Balmain tyres and he pretty much put it in a nutshell, he does not rate the Pures he described exactly
what I was feeling.
Apparently due to the non steel belt what happens is the tyre heat cycles way to often , without the steel the heat is not retained
so the temp goes up and down rapidly and often even while riding ,resulting in the compound becoming harder as they age and loosing grip.
They are going in the bin and looking at the Conti sport Attack , I felt Matty/Brian's tyres up at the slab after a run North they were sticky like a track tyre
compared to my Pure's which were shinny and slippery.
Michelin has got it wrong with this rubber and they look to be dropped from there range very soon.
