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Old 24-05-13, 05:43 PM   #1
Murley.
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Default Continental Road Attack 2's

Well I thought I post my own little review of the RA2's. They do grip well from the word go and work well in the dry and wet. Never did I feel they were lacking in grip.

Unfortunately, wear is a major issue with these and for a sports-touring tyre, I was very disappointed. The rear flat spotted very quickly (half of my commute is motorway which equates to about 100 miles of motorway a week) and since they don't have wear indicators in the centre of the tyre, it made measuring the tread depth guess work.

After 3000 miles, I have changed out the rear tyre. I'm about to do a couple thousand mile tour round Scotland next week and I wanted to be certain I had plenty of tread left for it. The RA2 felt very thin in the centre when I had a look at it off the bike, it certainly had no more than a few hundred miles left in it. The front tyre is in far better condition though. Still has its shape with very minimal wear. It's safe to say I won't be running the road attacks again on the rear at the very least.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, they were on a curvy SV.
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