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Originally Posted by Falundir
My understanding is that there is some trickery going on with the RE71R tires to ensure that they can compete in the street tire category. Apparently manufactures set the treadwear, and some speculate that they were being very generous on that number. All second hand information, so take from it what you may.
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Yeah, Im aware that the mfg's set their own tread wear numbers. The RE-71R wouldnt be the first tire Ive heard to "play games" with that number just to get into different events.