jabman wrote on 05/26/10 at 11:46:51:for me the price and mileage of a tire is second to the grip it provides in a verity of weather situations.
the metzeler seams to be a harder higher mileage tyre, so it stands to reason that the trade off for those miles is less grip.
jabman.
The Metzeler is a VERY good tire for handling, gripping the road, wet surfaces, whatever you want to call it. I do mostly back roads, lots of twisties, hills, water crossings, riding in the rain, some dirt/gravel. Almost never on the freeway. And, I get good mileage.
The draw back.. expensive! That's the trade off with Metzeler.
One of the problems with getting an objective view of "tire A handles better than tire B" is that when you put on a NEW tire, it may handle better than the OLD tire, simply because it is new.
My opinion comes from running Dunlop 404's (expired around 10k miles), then put on my first set of Metzelers. Those really grabbed the road!!
HOWEVER, when I put on a replacement Metzeler in the front, it was not much of a change from the old tire. Probably because I was use to the way they handled.
OF, I wore my rear Metzelers out inside a year (I would have to check my maint log to be sure how long it actually was). I ride a lot.
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