I'm waiting on fuller reports on a variety of their tires, from comparison of not so fat in front to matching rears. When it sounds like a cocaine high on one tire I hesitate to join the bandwagon until further analysis is done. Especially at a high price point and when my current front tire has always tracked well in the technical stuff and the rear had good bite, with both a good wear rate/balanced wear. For me it's not so critical but I may need to refresh front and rear so not buying just a front and doing the any old one tire out back.
Are you talking about the 216? Several of us have 1000 miles or more on it. It is a fantastic tire. You will not be sorry you tried it. They are tires and as such disposable. Thats why I like to try new ones all the time to see what I might be missing. For me the 216 is top dog and I have tried gobs of tires. I like the Motoz Terrapactor and M59 Bridgestone as well but neither match the 216 in overall performance and wear so far for me.
Maybe I'm overthinking it but I usually consider sidewalls and such for my mtb and street bikes. Pressures described are somewhat counter what is normal, ie.. high volume lower pressure/low volume higher pressure. So I weigh sidewall stiffness and what rear would match up besides release/traction characteristics front/rear. As well just sidewall durability. I change once a season or as needed. Prefer to not be trying lots, but finding a good set I can stick with. Clearly it gets glowing reports and you guys have done the miles. It's all incomplete though unless we are talking unicycles.
I wish I had the nerve to just try new tires.... I'll be honest and say I want to use one tire and thats it.... when I had 756s I could count on it in hard pack to mud and everywhere in between.... I've tried most of the pirellis, most bridgestones, sedonas, kendas, terraceptor and have yet to find that go to front tire.... the AT81 or the mx32 so far are the best for me.... have not tried the Goldentyre but I do like the tread pattern look....
