alt Hacker NewsEither super slippery tires, or tires that wear out quickly
Is it really not possible to get moderately-slippery tires that wear out moderately quickly, or is this just the hyperbolic writing style that infests the internet?
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malfist • today at 9:27 PM
You can, you just pay more for them. Take a look at the bicycle rolling resistance website. There are absolutely tires with great rolling resistance, excellent grip and pretty good wear characteristics. You just pay ~$100 a tire for them instead of the $30-$50 for OEM crap ones.
You can get very good tire performance with long life these days. They don't even cost that much. It's just most people buying tires don't learn about tires, they simply buy whatever the store sells them. There's a lot of bad tires out there with bad performance and weak lifespan.
Michelin Defenders are warrantied for minimum 80,000 miles and are relatively low noise, good economy, good performance all around but especially good in rain. They cost $185/tire for a Honda Civic, which is a pretty normal price) (range for Honda Civic tires at Costco are $160-235, at TireRack $185/ea puts these about $25/tire over the median tire price for Honda Civic's)