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Technically Speaking => Wheels & Tyres => Topic started by: grog on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 07:05 PM

Title: Original Angel GT
Post by: grog on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 07:05 PM
Got quoted $260 for new rear Angel GT today. $50 cheaper than 2 yrs ago, new Angel 2 makes them cheaper.Happy with that.
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Hooli on Wednesday, 29 January 2020, 08:03 PM
Great tyres, much much better than PR4s.
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: seth on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 05:33 AM
Just put a pair of gt2's on Emma's bike she got k10 out of the last set of gt's  :cheers:
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Hooli on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:07 AM
She's doing it wrong then!

This one had 7.3k on when I checked it before getting back on the ferry. It was a fun 225miles home in the rain from Portsmouth.
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:21 AM
Nice flat-top :whistling:
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Hooli on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 09:07 AM
It's on the wear markers at the sides too, I did my best with the roads I found.
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 10:36 AM
Quote from: Hooli on Thursday, 30 January  2020, 09:07 AM
It's on the wear markers at the sides too, I did my best with the roads I found.

I understand. Tire wear is influenced by so many factors that it is hard to compare even apples to apples.
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Mick_J on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 08:11 PM
Quote from: Hooli on Thursday, 30 January  2020, 08:07 AM
She's doing it wrong then!

This one had 7.3k on when I checked it before getting back on the ferry. It was a fun 225miles home in the rain from Portsmouth.

Maybe Emma does not eat as many pork pies as you Hooli  :whistling:
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: seth on Thursday, 30 January 2020, 11:37 PM
@Hooli there was still legal
Tread in her tyres but looking like a 50p The handling was rubbish due to this.
Emma doesn't ride very aggressively or corner very hard .
I never get The same mileage as she does .
Strange thing us though we have very different riding styles we mostly travel together .
:cheers:
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Hooli on Friday, 31 January 2020, 01:37 AM
My front tyre always goes like a 50p, Angels seem to resist doing so for a lot longer than PR3/4s though.
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: KiwiCol on Friday, 31 January 2020, 01:40 AM
What's your 50p look like then?   Have sharp angular edges (hexagon shape?) 
Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: Hooli on Friday, 31 January 2020, 01:45 AM
A bit like this, where the centre hard bit has thread but the softer sides wear out first. This one isn't too bad yet tbh, but it's starting to go.

50p coins have 7 sides.

Title: Re: Original Angel GT
Post by: KiwiCol on Friday, 31 January 2020, 01:49 AM
Yeah, I've a pr3 set on the blue & they're doing that. Ya go into a corner & you feel a definite 'drop' as you lean in.  Annoying & it upsets the trajectory I thought I had.