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Lolo-
Having spent some more time on them, I really like them. Not that they've gained a bit of shape - instead of being totally flat - they roll nicely. Relatively fast in a straight line on the flat, very fast downhill, but it's that grip that I'm really enjoying. The roads have been pretty cold in the morning recently and these things feel like they're superglued to the road. You can really, really lean into a corner. More so than with any other tyres I've ridden in recent memory.
Reckon it would make an outstanding autumn/winter/spring tyre for your part of the world.
JB
The Open Pavé is absolutely discontinued but WiggleCRC uncovered a load of old stock somewhere. They're just being cleared out.
While it was it's spiritual successor, I don't really think they're directly comparable tbh. The Open Pavé has almost the same tread thickness as an Open Corsa e.g. very thin. It's a race tyre with a nice grippy tread. The Control's is noticeably thicker than a both the Corsa 2.0 and the Open Pavé and it's also heavier.
With all of this said, the Control still has the structure and feeling of a race tyre versus something like a G One-Speed, any tyre with a wired bead, any 120 tpi tyre etc etc.