Yokohoma Mt's?

[cohen]

I hear that the Yokohoma Geolander MT's are better than the BFG MT's and they last about the same amount of time.

[Guest SuperSon]

better in what ? mud? snow? road noise?

[mws]

Or the really important stuff, like better looking?

 

But seriously, statements like "better" in a tire needs to have a lot of explanation to have any meaning whatsoever. Everyone has someone differing needs and preferences, so what is better for you may be horrid for me. For example, tires optimized for mud tend to be terrible on wet or icy pavement. Tires that kick butt in the sand are generally not so good for hardpack dirt. And tires that are optimized for crawling on dry rocks are a special breed unto themselves. And all M/T's are compromised for street use - some not too bad, but some extremely so (noisy, poor handling, poor traction, extremely heavy, poor fuel economy, wear rate, etc).

 

Comparing a Creepy Crawler competion compound tire to a Super Swamper Bogger and trying to say which is better is like comparing the 2006 Indianapolis Colts to, err, a tangerine. Which is better? At what?

Edited April 26, 2007 by mws

[cohen]

sorry bout that. In the mud is what I meant.