bt021's price

Is £130 delivered for a new pair a good enough deal to be worth hitting buy it now and storing them for a few weeks until I need them?

[Red Herring]

I'd say that sounds like a good deal if those are the tyres you want yes.

The way you put that made me check, and indeed they're not the ones I wanted which were the BT23's! I'm pretty convinced to get Maxxis supermaxx's now. I always worry if I buy really expensive tyres that I'll be really upset if they were to get damaged before being completely worn out!

[Red Herring]

I wasn't wanting to put you off them, different people buy tyres for different reasons. The BT023 is effectively an upgrade on the 21 for only a little more money, but that doesn't necessarily make the 21 a bad tyre choice.

I just think when it comes to rubber it's better to find what you want at the best price rather than just having something because it's cheaper than the rest......

The bt23 seems a lot more. I'm weighing up maxxis supermaxx vs continental conti motions, either must be better than the original 10 year old dunlops on my bike!

[shiftin_gear98]

PR4's


That is all.

Conti motions are a good cheap all round tyre, had them a few times

Getting PR4s next though

[Nutsinatin]

Having ridden with both the BT21s and Conti Motions I would choose the Contis. They are an older tyre and ride like a 10 year old tyre, nothing wrong with them but there is a reasonable difference between them and more modern tyres (e.g. Michelin Pilot Roads 3/4) especially in the wet. The BT21's were a better tyre but were just too unpredictable and would slide or spin up unexpectedly which I've not experienced with other tyres. The Contis were much more neutral and predictable especially when they started to slide.

However you can get a pair of Michelin Pilot Road 3's delivered for £162 which I would say is worth the extra £32. They have a bit of a sharper profile so tip in quicker and have better dry grip as well as much better wet grip as well as a very quick warm up (and work better than anything else I've ever tried in the cold (below 5*C)). I could get about 8000 miles out of them compared to the 3500 I got from the BT21s. Conti Motions were also good for around 8000 miles.

Cheers for the feedback. I've ruled out the BT21's anyway but your feedback suggests they're poor value if they only last half of what a highly rated tyre can do! The Conti motions appear good value, all things considered I probably want something more towards more grip/less life balance, 4000 miles a set seems like plenty!

I'll probably take the advice and get the Michelin's if they're available for the price you've mentioned!

[Grim-Lock]

Currently running conti-motions myself and as has been said already, very good predictability and above average in all areas. I found them distinctly more confidence inspiring than the stock dunlops but have only used the 2.


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