Michelin Dynamic Sport tyres

AllezGaz

Just recieved my new TCR Comp2 and its shod with these cheapie tyres!! No tread whatsoever and I'm a bit apprehensive about using em!! Anyone any experience if these? Obviously I will be changing them fairly soon but I wanna ride my new bike

jibberjim

You do not want tread on a road bike - tread is there to remove water to prevent aquaplaning, you cannot aquaplane a bike, so you want the maximum rubber in contact with the road always.

Tyres are the best upgrade you can make to the bike, but yours will be fine for riding.

Ride hard

jibberjim wrote:

You do not want tread on a road bike - tread is there to remove water to prevent aquaplaning, you cannot aquaplane a bike, so you want the maximum rubber in contact with the road always.

Tyres are the best upgrade you can make to the bike, but yours will be fine for riding.

I second that.

In answer to your question @AllezGaz, I had those tyres on my now retired - and soon to be sold - hybrid. I had the 25c version and have to say their looks did not live up to their perfomance. I can't really comment on their rolling resistance (as I went from 28c Maxxis Detonators so it wouldn't be a like for like comparsion), but I can say they had next to no puncture protection and caused many frustrations. Over the course of just over a year and about 5000 miles of cycling on varied terrain, I had countless punctures. Also, the compound michelin use for the tread is terrible as the slightess object (sharp or otherwise) would create a huge slit in the tyre. For example I bought a new tyre one day, and by the next day I had a large slit in it that required a patch up. Not good considering had ony cycled my usual 20 miles to and from work on a relatively good road surface (for SW London anyway).

Neale1978

I got a pair of the dynamic sport tyres a few weeks back to use untill i could spend more and apart from one flat on a road where farmers had been cutting hedges back they have been fine