Originally Posted by
mihlbach
Overall, Krylions are a good tire, but the quality control of Michelins has always been kind of crappy. I've had pairs of Krylions that flatted every ride from tiny punctures, and others that never flatted. Unless they redesigned the tire, the Asian manufactured Krylions are fundamentally the same and constructed with the same methods (and probably same equipment). Being made in Asia doesn't magically make them an inferior tire. Your luck may relate to the same quality control issue that has plagued Krylions all along.
BTW, I'm talking out of my ass since I haven't yet tried the new Krylions. I'm still working my way through a surplus of Krylions that I bought a few years ago.
Oh, I'm not blaming the Thailand factory - I'm sure they do exactly what Michelin tells them to do. I was just mentioning it so you can tell whether you have the new ones (they say in VERY small raised-print on the tire "Made in Thailand") or the old ones.
Michelin's quality control might have always been shoddy, but I'd lived through 4 of the France-made ones and not a single one made it less than 3000 miles. I've had 3 new ones and two are already crap and the non-crap one is on the front wheel.