I happened to glance at my rear tire today and realized I was down to nothing on it. Some tread was left on the chicken strips but the middle of the tire was a slick. Since the forecast calls for possible rain and I\u2019m riding down to San Diego tomorrow to do a poker run with one of my MC\u2019s chapters down there, I figured I\u2019d better get some new meat back there.<\/p>\n
I was a little pissed off that this tire had worn down so quickly. It seems like I put it on just a few months ago and that it should have lasted longer. But then I checked my maintenance records and got a surprise: I put this tire on back in September and I\u2019ve put a little over 9,000 miles on it since then. Time and miles fly when you\u2019re having fun, I guess. So I\u2019ve changed my attitude toward this tire: I give the Kenda Kruz two thumbs up. It was cheap, it handled great, and I got a lot of riding out of it. That works for me.<\/p>\n
The tire I had on before this one sucked. It was a Pirelli and it was a piece of shit. I hated it from the minute I mounted it \u2014 it wanted to track in the rain grooves on the freeway and felt really squirrely in the turns \u2014 but I rode it anyway because I\u2019m a cheap bastard. So I rode the snot out of it just to wear it out faster so I could replace it sooner, and it definitely cooperated. I forget the exact numbers on that one, but I\u2019m pretty sure I only got about 6,000 miles out of it, and at least 3,000 of that was interstate highway during my trip to Colorado last summer. So it was a shitty tire, it wasn\u2019t cheap, and it didn\u2019t last long. Buh-bye Pirelli.<\/p>\n
Before that I was running a Metzeler Marathon, which I like quite a bit. They\u2019re a soft, sticky tire, so they handle really well, but they don\u2019t last long because they\u2019re a soft, sticky tire. Plus, they\u2019re pretty pricey. Expensive tires + require frequent replacement = Chuck doesn\u2019t buy them anymore.<\/p>\n
But Kenda\u2026 Kenda is the right formula. Cheap + long life + good handling = Chuck just bought a new one. That\u2019s two in a row from Kenda. I guess I like them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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