Touring on s23's ?

[dransy]

Got a trip to France coming up about 9 days touring . I stuck some s23's on last year probably done about 500miles or so on them.

Any advice if they would last the trip or should I put some more touring focused tyre on ? If I should change them , any recommendations?
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[MarJay]

Depends how many miles you are going to do. I'd say 500 mile old tyres ought to be fine for 9 days of touring, but if you're doing solid 400 mile days every day then maybe not? Personally I aim for maximum of 200 mile days with most of the days being 150 miles or less.
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[blurredman]

Just change them out there if you need to to?
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[Ste]

[c_dug]

Granted we're talking quite different tyres, but I did the best part of 1500 miles around Europe on a loaded up Diversion 900 plus a chunky rider (me) and there was really very little wear to speak of.

www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=278369

I'd just go for it. Ultimately it's France not Fiji, you're going to be able to pull into any reasonable sized town and replace the tyre if needs be!
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[P.addy]

Did 10 days on an R1 on Corsas, you'll be fine. 2200 miles or so, no problem.