Originally Posted by
BajaRon
Another fact is that, at speed, the poorly constructed Kenda rear tire is laying about 2.5" of rubber on the road. How do we know this? Because that's the tread width that wears out long before the rest of the tire. This means that, at speed, you could be running a 2.5" wide rear tire and be getting the same amount of traction that you're getting with the 8.86" wide Kenda tire. Granted, there is more to it than this and a 2.5" wide tire isn't going to give you the overall stability you're getting from the Kenda. Just saying that when you slam on the brakes at speed, you don't have much rubber on the ground with the Kenda.
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