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Originally Posted by kito
nice write up there dash . how many miles have you been getting out of the army front ? the reason i ask is i was thinking of going with the army on the front and a eo9 on the rear for a trip across brasil . i realy dont want to be carrying tyres . i need a per of tyres that are good off road and that will last at least 5000 miles . i will be needing a 21" & 18" for my x challenge
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I'm only on my second, and I didn't really 'wear out' the first one, so take with a pinch of salt.
I did about 4,800 miles on the first Army front, over about seven months of tarmac commuting, and about seven days worth of trail riding or rallying.
I reversed the tyre at about 3,000 miles, because it was showing the typical 'wedge' type wear you get from a lot of braking on tarmac on a knobbly front. The subsequent use has evened the wear up quite nicely.
When I took it off there was (from memory, will check later) at least 5mm of tread left. Not enough for rallying or 'serious' off-road/mud use, but for 'dirt road' travelling I'd be surprised if you couldn't string it out to 6000 or so, but I don't really have a feel for how long-distance dirt-road tyre wear compares to an equivalent distance on tarmac.
I'm pretty sure you wouldn't make 5,000 miles on either the Army or C-02 rears, even if you wore them right out.
More boring details and photos of the tyres in question in blog post here - link
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