These tires marked Sarantua I found for $40.00 on amazon delivered set of 4 with tubes.
They were listed as CalPalmy?
I wore through them quick. but TBF I wear through tires quick. the short course race practice I do ( cones in a parking lot. ) eats them up a lot faster than just carving around on streets.
for example I’ve killed metroboard 155s in about 5 sessions, torqueboard 160s in about 3 sessions, evolve 150mm in about 4 sessions (and they had less grip), evolve 7" in about 3 - 4 sessions, kenda 909s in greater than 5 sessions. [ ok kendas held up best so far. ]
but that’s all fairly subjective. point is I’m killing tires somewhat quickly.
This Sirantua set I killed in basically 1 session. ( plus one ride. )
Amazon also happened to fulfill this order a second time with another set branded “quinda” which look exactly the same tread.
and @DEEIF has given me another set exactly the same tread branded “clever”
I’ll be riding those next so we’ll see how they do.
I’m guessing they’re all made by sunmate under different brands.
good point. short course racing was this morning, we were wondering if the added heat contributed. if it made things 4x worse. then these may be as good as any other.
the 15 mi ride was thur back bay loop. balboa island. ferry, beach. around 6ish. wasn’t so hot.
curious if maybe different factories make the same tread pattern. and then it’d be hit or miss to compare them by looks. Though I suspect they’re all the same.
Held up ok. subjectively I think much better than the Sirantua? though no crazy asphalt heat this time.
but it’s a single datapoint that added with the first one above suggests though they all look the same. they aren’t all made the same. ( factory QC? or different factories? )
Might also be the same wheels but with the shit ones left standing for years in a deposit somewhere. Rubber rots pretty easily unused for long periods of time
