Opposite from what you believe, it is the opposite = it has hard rubber.

All high treadwear, eco low rolling resistance, high mileage use rather stiff rubber. The comfy cushion is coming from thin sidewall + soft sidewall reinforcement.

Squeak on concrete carpark at low speed is due to same reason, the side wall is soft such that it deform more and the side wall is rubbing the concrete.

So ktek is right that if you increase tire pressure, it will alleviate this slightly.

For soft rubber, check those treadwear 280, 240, 200 tyres.

It is not a sticky/soft tyre, unless you get this. Lol

Gravel stick to tread surface


Left a groove after remove the gravel. It will flatten a bit after driving for a while, when tyre is warmer


This post has been edited by constant_weight: Aug 14 2023, 10:58 PM

Never seen the cheese string yet.

Worst I've seen was RE-71RS on an Evo 9 MR. Lots of 1cm+ gravel stone that I get trypophobia. I don't want to follow behind that car.

For myself, I only seen upper 40C, just shy of 50C on my tires so far.