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New Shoes
« on: June 24, 2010, 11:25:04 PM »
I'm getting some new shoes and wondering what everyone has and what they like/ suggest. For the past few years I've been riding on the Kumho Estra 711's. The latest set I got I was not impressed with and they have discontinued them too. I'd like to get the Eagle F1 but don't want to spend a grand either.

I want to get a good summer tire that has little to no road noise and it great in the rain.

Any suggestions would be appreciated, oh and if there is a good shop to go too that may give a MCA discount that would be appreciated too. ;)
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Re: New Shoes
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2010, 01:39:07 AM »
I like New Balance.   ;)
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Re: New Shoes
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2010, 06:41:35 AM »
If I was going to get some new summers, I think the Conti DW's would be pretty high on my list.
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Re: New Shoes
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2010, 10:16:58 AM »
I'm not sure about the wet handling, but the General Exclaim UHPs on my cars are the quietest tires yet.  Plus, at the time they were fairly cheap for the 225/45R17 size.

It's ranked 4th for noise comfort, 3rd for wet handling and 4th overall in the UHP category.  I guess it can't be all that bad and for $94/tire, it's not too bad.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/surveyresults/surveydisplay.jsp?type=UHP&tireSearch=true&width=225/&ratio=45&diameter=17&VT=null&sortValue=12

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