d220 v battlax bt014?

[steveg]

Tyres are a very personal thing on bikes .

Depends a lot on what bike the tyre is on , how you ride & what you weigh.
My problem with the D220's is the lack of feel when pushed hard , I like tyres that let me know when they are going to slide . For most uses the 220's are fine , remembering that they are a sport touring tyre . However other tyres in the same class that I have tried eg Mez Z6 are a lot better in my opinion.

The most important thing for me is confidence in the tyres on my bike , which I lacked in the D220's

If other people love D220's that fine with me , however have tried lots of tyres in 20 years of ridding bikes and I recon there are a lot better tyres out there .

Just my thoughts

Cheers Steve

[northwind]

My beef with the 220s is roundabouts... They don't like really fast changes of direction. I, on the other hand, really do. As far as total grip goes, they're fine, but flicking a bike round a small roundabout at speed, you're never sure which way they're going to go. That's the only time I've found them drastically lacking, but then it's much the same forces when you want to suddenly avoid, say, a small child.