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Originally Posted by Southern Cross
Something to check on when buying knobbles that you will use on sealed pavement. Some knobbies, when you look at them around the perimeter at the point of contact when cornering, will show lots of air space between the knobs, just when you need rubber for grip. Look at that, this way. Stand at the front of the tire and imagine it spinning. Look to the near edge where it will grip the road when leaned over for cornering and see if all the air spaces line up. Some knob bikes have too much air spaces lining up and therefore you cannot expect grip.
I hope that I have expressed this clearly enough to imagine if you do, or do not get rubber at the near edge.
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I know what you mean mate, I can feel that gap when cornering on pavement, the bike just drop in the turn to the next line of knobs. I think that C17 is a bit to aggressive for 50/50 riding.
But on the other hand, I have no such feeling with the E09 on the back, it's a bit louder than K60 though.
I will try to get a few more km's on them and if I won't like it than I will change the front to MT-21 or maybe E10.
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