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Old Jan 7, 2021 | 11:44 AM
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Anyone have any long term reports on the MC III's?

I used to go back and forth between MC II's and AE's, but have used AE's for the last two tire changes due to Dunlop's rebate. I usually get 20k-22k out of a set of tires.

I heard there were some early reports of balancing issues and front tire noise, but I haven't found anything newer. Has anyone put 15k-20k on a set of MC III's and been happy?
 
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Huge thread on the III's in the tire section. Mostly bad reviews.
 
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I put on CIII's last summer, maybe a couple thousand miles- didn't ride much last year. But no problems with the tires.
 
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Huge thread on the III's in the tire section. Mostly bad reviews.
The reviews on the Michelin website are mostly bad as well. I had them, and the buzz from the front tire was so bad I replaced them with AE's.
 
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Don't do it. My front tire didn't even go on the bike before it was changed out. On the balancer it didn't run round.

in talking to CS at Dennis Kirk all they do is replace the C3s
 
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I missed that thread the first time I looked. Thanks for the update guys. I'll stick with Dunlop American Elites.
 
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