I have the Duratrac tires on my work trucks, which are not tacomas. They do well in the mud and snow. They get really loud on the road though, in my opinion.
Just moved from Nokian all weather, which are really good, to studded Contis on a small fwd vehicle. Pretty unreal difference. Have Bridgestone all weather on an awd vehicle, which are also good, but the studded Contis beat the crap out of them.
I got her **\*\*Goodyear Winter Commander Studded Tires\*\***. Now I still cringe and cry and ask to get off the ride. And there are finger print marks in the dash from my death grip. But that being said, even in the crazy conditions we have had, come ice or snow or other Winnipeg Drivers, she has yet to find a situation where the tires break loose under hard breaking.
I had the R2s on my 2021 Domane SL7. Had a rear sidewall blowout after a few hundred miles without hitting anything. Trek warrantied the tire and I used the credit to upgrade to the GP5K tubeless. Have to say they are awesome in every way and I like the tubeless ride, smooth, fast, grippy.
Changing between the two is like riding a totally different bike - very responsive with the conti tyres but can give a lot of vibration on rough surfaces and much more dampened with the Bontragers but confidence inspiring when riding over damp leaves etc.
I'd go with the Conti GP 5000.
I've ridden the R3s in a 28c tubeless on my Domane. The R3s were solid but I really liked the way the GP5ks rolled when I had them (32c with tubes).
I had the R3’s and couldn’t tell a difference from those and the R2’s that came on the SL6. Then I switched to the Continental GP5000’s and it’s just a night and day tire. I’ll never go back.
I have an emonda and I’m running the contis, really really like them, it may be my imagination, but the tubeless makes a nice difference to road vibration.
Noisier than my KO2s, but not unbearably so.
OEM tires usually aren't great. Had pro contact conti's on the Tig and my Golf. They are just loud and hard.
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