Continental TKC80 Twinduro (not so good!)
Hi Folks,
Just come back from my trip using Twinduros. They handled well on Tarmac and OK off road as other people have said. However, while the front tyre lasted extremely well I had two rear tyres that failed on me.
Long before either tyre seemed worn out, (with what seemed like at least a couple of thousand miles left on them) the square treads would start to crack and eventually one would break through the weave of the tyre and puncture the inner tube. The collapse was so bad it meant that there was no point of repairing the tube and setting off again as the split tyre wall would have shredded the tube again in no time.
Luckily both disintegrations happened in Europe where my breakdown cover meant the bike could be picked up and taken to a tyre supplier.
The first time I put it down to maybe running the tyre at too low a pressure and not keeping an eye on it. But the next time I regularly made sure the tyre was properly inflated and yet it happened again. This rather catestrophic failure of the tyre means I would never use them again for a long trip, indeed I won't be buying any more.
Maybe someone can suggest a reason for this occurance as I am puzzled to say the least as the Twinduros had a good reputation I thought.
Matt
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