aravilare wrote:
Edit 2: From comments by RR author (JarnoBierman) [references are to the original French test on the VFR being fast]: "Thanks for your link. This issue has now been cleared up a bit for me! 100% sure they changed the tread of the Record somewhere last year. Look at my pictures and then your pictures... You have the version with the very smooth tread (almost like a latex tread). When you look at my pictures you'll see it has a textured tread just like all the new Veloflex tires released in Q3 2020."
Well... this is a bit annoying. Sounds like they made a super fast tire and then quickly modded it to make it slower. Just a tread texture and compound change? It's puzzling because the BRR test shows it to still be light and have thin tread and poor puncture resistance.
Photo on their site still shows smooth tread. For anybody who has bought these with the textured tread, I'd suggest some diplomatic bitching to Veloflex about this...
