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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
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February 10th 19, 10:15 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Mark J.
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On 2/10/2019 9:51 AM,
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On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 3:52:27 PM UTC+1, Duane wrote:
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On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 7:56:22 PM UTC+1, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-02-09 09:52,
wrote:
I learned pretty soon that paying more than $20 for a road bike tire is
a waste of money. In fact, they can be worse than expensive tires.
Similar for MTB tires.
That depends on your riding conditions and requirements. I ride on good
roads on my road bikes and get 4500 km out of a Continental 4000S(2) rear
tire and expect the same from the 5000 so price is not that important.
Lou
I get about the same mileage and very few flats. I think I’ve had one flat
in the last 10,000km and that was a tube giving out when I hit a pothole
hard. I ride on roads but I can’t say they’re always good roads.
Maybe Joerg is riding his road bike on single track carrying 4 gallons of
water or something...
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duane
I rode 11000 km last year and had 2 or 3 flats. No way I going to ride crappy cheap tires.
Lou
Same here. I decided a few years ago that life is too short to ride on
crappy tires. But of course, I have the luxury of relatively little
broken glass or other road debris on my recreational routes. Even then,
I get 2-4 flats per year, but I'm pretty confident the tires (Veloflex
"Master" in my case) roll faster and are less "harsh" than the cheapos I
used to use.
In contrast, on my commuter, which had to traverse a few glass-scapes
now and then, I mounted "tank" tires that were unforgiving but nearly
invulnerable.
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