I am currently on a set of Elite 4's and I am completely satisfied with them. They have about 14,000 miles on them and have a lot of tread left. I expect the rear to go to about 20,000 miles. I had these installed last summer before I left on a ride that lasted 7800 miles during which I rode on a lot of different types of roads and some very heavy rain the tires performed great in all situations. At the start of the trip I took off a set of Elite 4's with about 8,000 miles on them because I wanted to start the long ride on a new set of tires. When the current tires wear out I plan on re-installing the set I took off.

In November I took a trip to Death Valley with a friend who had over 20,000 on his rear Elite 4 and it was still doing the job. In my opinion these are the best tires available for my type of riding.