Ah yeah that's true. The tread is certainly quite grabby for road crap, but then the kevlar layer hasn't let me down yet. After wearing out one of the old Type Ds, I tested the kevlar layer with a drawing pin and a knife. The pin took some serious effort to push through the layer, and the knife required a good few slashes to fray the fabric. If the same protection layer is in the Ls, I can't see punctures being that big of a deal.The panaracers are quite light but I have found they pick up a lot of road sharps that stay in the tyre. I will have picked up to 10-12 small stone chips out of the tyre everytime I look at it closely. Thus I only use them on the front tyre where they are less likely to puncture from a stone working through.
What do you have on the rear?Thus I only use them on the front tyre
How many kms have you on your Race As?The As have ... lasted longer than the Ds
Good to know. Thanks.The Type L uses the belt as in the Type D