nomad wrote:For our needs a soft compound is a requisite.
I can tell you the CN36 have very soft compound. if you read the material on them they say not to run them below freezing as will cause damage to the rubber and may destroy the tread!
On my drive yesterday they were pretty good, I lost traction twice but when I had them at 24PSI which is couple too high. Once doing a brake test (front tire locked) and once coming up a hill out of (dry) low water crossing, where rear broke lose. The break away was very gentle and very controllable with the throttle. There'd been on and off drizzle, so while the road wasn't wet it wasn't bone dry or grippy surface.
After dropping them a couple of PSI they felt a bit better, little better ride and grip. Had no traction issues, wasn't pushing hard on the drive but did go into corner faster than I should and expected to have traction issues but car gripped and went round the corner without fuss.
There is a lot more grip that my ~6 year old modern tires. I suspect much lower tread life but thats not important for miles I cover in the car. At currently pricing these seem like good value and good tire to me, especially against the modern tires available in the US.
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 1:54 pm