Gday My 2 cents. Took me a few years to try using a DS tyre. Went to the lengths of getting a complete rear wheel assembly at no small cost to fit the new tyre too figuring i would chop and change based on what riding i was doing. It wasn't so much the cost of the tyre but the inconvenience of getting it changed that was getting to me so I figured if i didn't like the DS tyre i could roll it off and have a spare wheel with a bike tyre sitting in the garage. I live way out in the country and its all windy, slippery, gravelly roads but I like long distance rides and this involves the motorways.
On my first ride with the DS tyre I crashed it, came round a corner (and over a rise, at dusk) council had resealed (this means put a layer of lose gravel over it in NZ) and not bothered with roadsigns, the mud bank saved me and the bike so couldn't blame the tyre but started to question my sanity.
Since fitting the DS tyre I have never even considered refitting the bike tyre, even did an Advanced Rider Course with it on and the instructor couldn't fault its performance and there were a lot of haters there that day...he put them right not me.
They have some down sides but overall I like the way they ride. Tyre pressures I found were really critical the things that upset the tyre would also upset the bike tyre, the standard tyres big and fat anyway. Its the things light the road subsidence that goes right down the center of your lane that drops 4 inches that upset it.
Found 25psi to be about right for my tyre.
Give it a try you can always change it back....
