Tyre Tech Talk – February 2020 RideFast Magazine
by Bruce de Kock, Owner of Bike Tyre Warehouse
Original article published by RideFast Magazine, February 2020 Issue
Well that’s January done and dusted, and with some cash back in the pocket, it’s time to invest in new rubber for the new year – before Valentine’s Day flatlines the credit card again!
February is normally about reassessing finances and setting new budgets in the face of increasing prices across all markets.
Batt HP Series II
If you’re watching costs, allow me to introduce you to the exciting new range of BATT road bias tyres. Why? Because the quality to price ratio really makes sense – especially if you still need to buy roses from Netflorist too (I have four humans of the female persuasion at home, so my only option come February 14th is midnight shopping in Tannie’s rose garden down the road!).
But back to the new BATTS… The road range was launched in May 2019 and the track slicks in July of the same year. As with any new product on the market, motor journos were keen to put them to the test, taking BATT tyres out onto the open road and around the track. I’m convinced they do this more for the adrenalin rush of not knowing if the tyre is going to hold at 299km/hour than for the actual assessment and write-up that must follow – assuming they survive their time in the saddle, of course! Fortunately for us, the test pilots who were brave enough to try the new rubber all lived to tell the tale – so it was a great start for the BATTS!
The range we’ll look at here are the BATT HP2s i.e. the Batt High Performance Series 2 which are described on the website as:
A premium dual-compound radial with exceptional grip and durability, ideal sport commuter & guaranteed unbeatable pricing.
This tyre’s design and development focus was on providing the serious sport commuter with a product that caters for weekday commuting, with a highly durable dual compound that’s harder in the middle to improve mileage and a tread design that ensures grip in the wet and dry. The construction was also planned to give confidence to hit twisties hard on weekends with a steel belt radial construction that improves stability at high speed, plus the side walls are flexural to increase comfort on bumpier roads.
