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Tires Laufenn or Maxxis
The thing i like about gravel bike is pwede po salpakan ng road WS, or kalbong gravel tires like maxxis refuse na 40mm.
Pros: pwede salpakan ng road WS
I have had Laufenn G Fit on my Honda Fit since this summer. They're Hankooks and fantastic. I wanted a low noise grand touring tire and these had pretty good reviews and I got them for about 85 bucks each a corner on sale and thought, this is a Pimp My Ride moment that I cannot give up. I mean I heard you liked Fits yo so I got you four G Fits for your Fit.
This Honda is a noisy car compared to most other modern cars and the previous Sumitomos roared with half the tread left. These new guys just sort of hum quietly and calmly and sometimes I don't even hear them on really good pavement. They are night and day better as far as comfort and noise.
The highway feel is amazing, they track really well and took away any squirliness of the car which it inherently has because it's rather lightweight. It feels like you're driving a little train, but it easily switches lanes when you need to. I don't feel like I need to correct as much when I'm at speed.
Criticisms you'll find online have to do with wet weather grip which I took pretty seriously by going out to some empty roads and trying to peel out and slide in a torrential downpour. I couldn't find any fault with them compared to the older tires.
Of course they might not be the right tires on something else like a big old German touring sedan. But on this 2500 lb Honda they are comically good for the price.
I like them so much I'm thinking about getting some for my CRV as well. I like them better than the Michelin Defender that were on a car that I just sold. Of course, I think the Michelin probably has longer tread wear, but as far as the driving feel these cheap tires are amazing.
Just a reminder, I'm talking about the G version and not the X or I think they make an s version too. But I assume they all have similar carcasses and compounds.
Pros: fantastic, low noise, amazing highway feel
Cons: wet weather grip
Vehicle:
Honda Fit
Laufenn, I currently have those tires for my truck. Had them for 2 years so far and still plenty of tread left. Was also looking for a decent all weather tire and found this. Highly recommend.
Pros: plenty of tread left, decent tire
My car came with laufenn winter tires. I was initially a bit disappointed as I never heard that brand before but after research, realized they are a sub brand of Hankook, manufacturer of quality tires. The winter tires i have are really good, even in heavy snow never felt a loss of traction. Also pretty quiet.
Pros: really good, pretty quiet
Cons: never heard that brand
Maxxis Crossmark II Exos to replace my stock WTB Nineline Comps. Noticed the different almost immediately.
Pros: noticed the difference
Imam ih na 2 auta, jedan 407sw, na njemu treca godina, presao oko 15k sa njima. Lepo prijanjaju na mokar i hladan asfalt, nemam osecaj nesugurnosti ni na vecim brzinama.
Pros: lepo prijanjaju na asfalt
Vehicle:
Peugeot 407
Mileage: 15000 km
Gravel tires don\u2019t have great puncture resistance generally, short of something like a 40mm Maxxis refuse. You really want to set these up tubeless. I would constantly get slow flats from flint or road debris when I ran WTBs with tubes.
Cons: slow flats from debris
I have Laufenn G-Fit AS installed on my Galant. Madulas sya in my experience
Cons: Madulas sya
Vehicle:
Mitsubishi Galant
I would highly recommend passing up maxxis tires. Those things are so danged slow. Vittoria Mexcals or Teravail oxbows are what I’d look for.
Pros: Vittoria Mexcals recommended
Cons: maxxis tires slow
I changed from Hankook winter tires to Laufenn and in direct comparison they were rather bad in any condition other than heavy snow. (Noisier ,worse traction in dry and wet conditions)
Cons: Noisier, worse traction
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