It was a matter of speed...
Hi Matt,
I did talk to some Rallye officials and participants of this years DAKAR, it was a pure matter of the high speed they went. I mean think of an avg of 130 kmh, Tops in the 160 s, minimum... Thats nuts with Mousse... And no wounder you got extreme temperatures on the Mousse. Once on slower stages the Michelin combi went well they said.
So, I will continue to use that pair as the tire extremely durable and almost runflat in the sand (if your tube fails...).
What a lot of riders start to do is to buy the much cheaper Pirelli Mousse (half the price) and run it in the Desert tyre.
We will see in 2 weeks in Marocco.
Cheers
Rasmus
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