I had USA GY marathons on my last TT and put close to 10,000 on them in 2-1/2 years. I now have china GY marathons on my new 5'er. I will run them till I need new ones. I'm not going to run out and buy new tires just because people don't like them and prefer Maxxis. IMO it's more about taking care of your tires and having the proper tire for the TT/5'er. I'm under my tires max load capacity by 33%. So I/m only using 2/3 the tires capacity. My tires are rated for a combined load of 10,160lbs and I have 6,800lbs on them. On the current 5'er I will have over 4000 miles on them by the end of the summer. I run 62-65mph when possible. As far as the USA/China thing goes I really doubt a USA based company that outsources work to china for a previously built tire tells the Chinese to just build some tires. The tire manufacturer's reputation is on the line and they are going to have the china plant build to the same specs as they were built in the USA. If I get 3 years and 12-14,000 out of theses tires then I will get GY's again. If they blow up before then I will buy another brand.
