I put 75 miles on the Avon Trail Riders yesterday and after being presented with another glorious day (and after properly celebrating my wife as a brilliant Mum) I headed out for 90 minutes to complete the ride in process. They now have 125 miles on them and should be good to push properly. I opened up the T700 round the last few corners and she felt a lot like other bikes I’ve ridden with […]
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The Avon Trail Riders hit the bike today and I briefly hit the road with them. No observations yet as I have to take it steady for while whilst they wear in but I’m fairly sure the overall height of the tyre is slightly lower than the Pirelli Scorpion Rally STRs, which given the difference in tread would probably make some sense. I believe these are a harder compound than the stock Pirellis and you […]
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A short while ago I posted about changing my stock tyres for either Avon Trail Riders or Avon Trek Riders. I umm’d and ahh’d about which one to go for but eventually settled on the Trail Riders, which will be on the bike this coming week. Why? Well, I’m now 55 years old and my enduro/motocross days are now behind me. I bought the T700 for some light off-road and probably 90% road miles, so […]
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I’ve been mulling lately my next tyre choice. I’ve a few thousand miles left on my stock tyres but thought I’d begin investigating. On a couple of road bikes I’ve run Avon Cobras and they really endeared me to the Avon brand so I thought I’d take a look at their adventure bike range and they do, indeed, seem to have a couple of good options, namely the more off-road orientated TrekRider: and the 90/10 […]
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