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I'm about to get rid of my last quick release rear hub soon and will only use 10mm "through axles" at the rear hubs for the (way too many ) rear wheels of my trikes (the Milan got a rear hub motor anyway). They are not easy to find (Novatec offers some rear hubs with 10x135mm axles), but it makes a bit more sense to lock a trike with a rear wheel without quick release to a sign post or fence AND the rear is a lot more sturdy when going fast around tight corners (thats my main concern ). I also trust a trailer hitch mounted to a 10mm axle much more, than a trailer hitch secured by a M5 quick release lever.The advantage of Agilo is that you can add a trailer hitch of any type to the rear axle, I have a quick release skewer version mounted to mine.
I shod the Milan with Contact Urban (40-406 at the front, 47-559 at the rear) and traction on wet roads at any speed* is phenomenal! Only the Marathon GT365 and Marathon Winter have slightly better wet grip, but are waaaaaaay slower (and much, much louder!).I found DTH to be good in the rain. Continental Contact Urban is also good - and seems to have slightly better puncture protection.
(for when you wear out your current DTH tyre and need to order a replacement).
Yes, the Contact Speed has terrible wet grip**, but I doubt its quicker than the Contact Urban.Contact Speed, as well as being too narrow for the roads around here (28mm doesn't cope with potholes or bumps in the road), is terrible in the rain - particularly with temperatures below 7 Celsius. I won't buy any more of this tyre.
Contact Urban may be (fractionally) slower, but at least it stops when you need to!
*emergency braking at 80+km/h on wet roads is no problem with Contact Urban above freezing. Traction of the DTH is pretty good on wet roads, but you need to ride more carefully at lower temperatures (the GT365 and studded M Winter stick even to cold, wet roads at any speed no matter what, but are slow and LOUD)
**my Contact Speed 28-406 and 32-559 tire sets are outright terrible on wet roads. The 42-559 is not good, but the 32-622 tire set on the other hand is actually not that bad in rain.
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