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Originally Posted by flatbutt
What about the synthetic compound tires?
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Pretty sure that I read right here that all tires are synthetic now - have very little actual "rubber" in them - and that they just keep right on curing, that that's part of the problem.
What I can tell you from personal experience is that fresh extreme high performance summer tires are OK as winter tires the first season, even in frosty conditions with care (warm them up etc) - but get progressively worse (harder?) as they age. I ripped those suckers off for Conti WinterContacts in the fall of the third season - and the difference was night and day, no more white-knuckled commutes slithering around on greasy roads - and temperatures were nowhere near freezing...
Couple of years later, I've concluded that my fresh set of Z1 Star Specs make much better rain tires than my (now ageing) WinterContacts, even though the Contis still have good tread left. I'll be fitting another set of winter boots in a couple of months.