Friday, Jan 30, 2004 at 11:04
Para, I'm a firm believer (old school, I guess) that taller, narrower tyres are better off-road. having said that, my choices were a little limited anyway. The Pathy comes with 245/70/16 and I had the choice of going for a 265 and sticking with the 70 profile, or sticking with the 245 and increasing the profile to 75.
I have found the stiffer side-walls provide better cornering and a more "solid"/direct feeling through the steering wheel when on the black-top. The contruction, and "straighter" side-wall is supposed to make the tyre less susceptible to side-wall staking, but even these 10 ply Coopers still bag quite a bit below 22 psi.
2 other Pathy owners, having also recently purchased the same tyre, have suffered some lug damage. I haven't, despite some pretty rocky and steep firetrails and river beds (but I don't go
rock-climbing).Smile, you're on ExplorOz
Rohan (
Sydney - on the QLD side of the Harbour
Bridge)
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