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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 126756" data-attributes="member: 113">Thanks for sharing.This valuable piece of experience will benefit others who are reading this.It stands to reason that as tire ages, it hardens.  This may lead to reduction in grip.  It also implies that the limit of adhesion will likely be crossed with less feedback and warning, compared w a fresh, more pliable tire.   Kinda like walking on wet floors on wooden clogs compared w jogging shoes.Contis that I have tried have had an interesting property.As the thread wears out, it gets proportionately better in dry and worse in wet, in effect behaving closer to slicks.  This may lead to a false sense of security in the dry, only to be unpleasantly surprised in the wet.  So, Conti users, do watch out for this phenomenon.</blockquote>