At the end of my last ride on the 9 I was more or less convinced that it was time for new tires. Not being the type to tempt fate I thought it would probably be prudent to get a new set put on the bike rather than try and get a few more weekend rides out of the old set. So I got up early this morning and made a quick run to ProItalia, where they fitted a new set of Michelin Pilot Powers on the bike. Increasingly I find the thought of tire selection a more difficult choice. One of these day I’d like to try something more aggresive on the bike and see how that affects my riding - but today was not that day since I’m still a bit uncertain when I’ll get back to the track. So even though I toyed with the idea of trying another brand or type of tire, I ultimately decided that the Pilot Powers were the way to go because at least they’re a known quantity to me at this point and I should get a good couple of thousand miles out of them with my normal canyon riding.

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll give the new rubber a decent break-in…