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WTB VERDICT SG2 TYRE £59.99

The original Verdict was a tyre that could save you when all hope of staying upright was gone. Like jam on toast flung from a toddler’s arm, it would stick fast to anything it touched, leaving a deep furrow behind. But it had one big flaw, those tall and grippy side lugs were unpredictable on firmer ground, their long length rolling over when the ground didn’t move under them.

Now there’s a new version that hopes to keep

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