I have just received the following email from one of the BIG tyre manufacturers. (I highlighted the bit that probably important)
Every now and then in the UK we get the opportunity to trial some early sets of tyres that are not yet part of the Michelin product range. Although they are the finished mass production product, not prototypes, the final development stage of the tyres is feedback from the normal tyre buying public, seeing how the tyres are received and perceptions of their performance from ordinary riders free from influence and bias. This ideally also acts as a teaser for the wider public, alerting potential buyers to a new product and allowing for an independent and non biased review of them.
Your forum is a large, popular and well respected site, and we thought that you would be in a great position to possibly help us with this at some stage. What we would suggest would be sending a pair of tyres for a forum member to try out. They could be a popular and respected regular contributor, someone that tends to offer accurate reviews of kit and parts, or even yourself! They don’t need to be tyre experts, but someone that racks up a lot of miles would probably be best. What we would expect in return for the free set of tyres would be at least 3 reasonably detailed posts about the tyres, perhaps an early days report on their initial impressions, a second report once they’ve been used in the wet or different conditions, and a follow up or conclusion, with permission for us to use any images and quotes in our advertising.
If you’d be interested in helping with this we’d like to hear from you, and as and when we get any appropriate opportunities we’ll be back in touch.