I just put some Defenders on my '10 OB today. With the Defenders being so new, I haven't really seen any thoughts on how they'll handle snow.
I live here in Denver and go up to the mountains for snowboarding. Last season I had the Conty OEM tires and didn't have any problems with traction, but with my tread getting so low on them I didn't want to run the risk of another season but without any tread.
The Defender seems to rank highly, except as a wet tire (thankfully doesn't rain here much) - but how do you all think it'll compare with the Conty this winter?
I'm not a tire thread pattern expert, so hopefully I'm being overly cautious when I look at the patterns.
My OB was a billy goat in the snow last year with those older tires, will it still billy goat up the mountain? I don't hit enough untracked snow, nor do I have the budget for snow tires.
Thanks, guys.
I live here in Denver and go up to the mountains for snowboarding. Last season I had the Conty OEM tires and didn't have any problems with traction, but with my tread getting so low on them I didn't want to run the risk of another season but without any tread.
The Defender seems to rank highly, except as a wet tire (thankfully doesn't rain here much) - but how do you all think it'll compare with the Conty this winter?
I'm not a tire thread pattern expert, so hopefully I'm being overly cautious when I look at the patterns.
My OB was a billy goat in the snow last year with those older tires, will it still billy goat up the mountain? I don't hit enough untracked snow, nor do I have the budget for snow tires.
Thanks, guys.