Which would you let your daughter run on her rainy trip through Canada???
This is the only question of yours that I can answer. Michelin Road 5GT.
Despite my cutting old tires up, that doesn't really give me any clue as to profiles, or I'm just not astute enough to know what I'm looking at.
I'm going on tire
hype alone and reviews from others that I've talked to as I haven't ridden on my PR5 GTs yet (they are on the shelf).
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I don't ride fast enough or rather leaned over enough to get wear right to the edge of the tire, so I can only speak about travel wear. I get about 1000 miles more
wear out of Avon Storm 3Ds than I do out of Michelin PR4GTs. I get almost the same with Angel GTs (spec A) as the Michelin PR4GTs or maybe only 500 miles less.
Because I'm not a daily rider, but rather a trip rider, I can rarely ride the tires right to their limit. I look at them and decide if they will make it to the end
of the planned trip and replace them if not. The savings I get from changing my own tires makes up for the unused tread wear that I throw away. The Avons
are the only ones so far that I can say I've worn to the limit for sure, and the last 1000 miles the front tire was fairly non-symmetrical to the point that really
slow going in stop and go traffic (never any fun) was a lot more challenging than usual. It didn't seem to have any problems when going over 15-20mph.
I currently have Dunlop Q3 Plus Sportmax tires, although I have no complaints for the ride or feel of them, I was not impressed with the tread depth when brand new.
I have doubts about their abilities in heavy rain. I did ride them through approx 45 minutes of light to moderate rain but mostly straight to gentle highway curves in the
70-80 mph range and had no complaints. I won't be able to say much about their wear as they will be changed to the Michelin Road 5GTs before they wear out for a trip
this summer.