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Old December 9th 06, 03:27 PM posted to aus.bicycle
Vincent Patrick
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Default Conti Gatorskin vs 4-Seasons

Hi,

I'm about to replace a worn rear tyre with a new Continental Ultra
Gatorskin. I was surprised that the weight of the Gatorskin is less than
the weight of the Continental 4 Seasons tyre I have on the front. Does
anyone have an idea of the typical useable life (km) I can expect from the
Gatorskin?

Cheers,

Vince


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Old December 9th 06, 10:47 PM posted to aus.bicycle
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Hi Vince

I have Gatorskins and that went on at 10,300km and now at 15,800km with the
last few months spent on the trainer, so I donąt know how many additional
kms that has been, but I would say quite a few more.
The trainer has inflicted some damage to them but until that point, they
were looking quite useable for road (commuting/training) and I never once
had a flat. I think I could have achieved another 2-3k out of them. I weigh
about 67-68kgs - weight could be a factor in overall tyre life.


Hope this helps
Bronnie



On 10/12/06 1:27 AM, in article , "Vincent Patrick"
wrote:

Hi,

I'm about to replace a worn rear tyre with a new Continental Ultra
Gatorskin. I was surprised that the weight of the Gatorskin is less than
the weight of the Continental 4 Seasons tyre I have on the front. Does
anyone have an idea of the typical useable life (km) I can expect from the
Gatorskin?

Cheers,

Vince



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Old December 9th 06, 10:48 PM posted to aus.bicycle
gplama
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There are many factors that go into tyre life... your type of riding,
pressure you run, your weight, type of roads, etc..

Conti have just updated the Gator in the last few months too. The old
ones lasted a while for me (typical roadie), the new ones feel MUCH
softer so I'm not expecting such a good run from them. Our of the box
the new Gator feels stickier than a GP4000.

Gators are bullet proof. Just as long as there are no glass shards
being used as bullets.


lama


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Old December 10th 06, 01:46 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Shane Stanley
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Default Conti Gatorskin vs 4-Seasons

In article ,
gplama wrote:

Gators are bullet proof.


Don't you believe it. Maybe I was unlucky, but I had the sidewall go on
three of them.

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Old December 10th 06, 06:17 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Zebee Johnstone
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In aus.bicycle on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:46:27 +1100
Shane Stanley wrote:
In article ,
gplama wrote:

Gators are bullet proof.


Don't you believe it. Maybe I was unlucky, but I had the sidewall go on
three of them.


So who was shooting at you?

Zebee
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Old December 10th 06, 10:02 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Bleve
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Shane Stanley wrote:

In article ,
gplama wrote:

Gators are bullet proof.


Don't you believe it. Maybe I was unlucky, but I had the sidewall go on
three of them.


I had the same problem, 2 gators died within weeks of fitting. I won't
buy 'em again

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Old December 10th 06, 10:25 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Shane Stanley
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In article .com,
"Bleve" wrote:

I had the same problem


We're similar weight, so maybe that makes a difference. Although I was
using 25mm versions anyway.

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Old December 10th 06, 11:09 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Euan
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Vincent Patrick wrote:
Hi,

I'm about to replace a worn rear tyre with a new Continental Ultra
Gatorskin. I was surprised that the weight of the Gatorskin is less than
the weight of the Continental 4 Seasons tyre I have on the front. Does
anyone have an idea of the typical useable life (km) I can expect from the
Gatorskin?


I used to use Gatorskins, typically I'd get about 3 months out of them
at 300km or so a week. I now use GP4000 which lasts much longer and in
my experience is more bullet proof than Gatorskins.
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Cheers
Euan
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Old December 10th 06, 11:11 AM posted to aus.bicycle
Euan
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Shane Stanley wrote:
In article .com,
"Bleve" wrote:

I had the same problem


We're similar weight, so maybe that makes a difference. Although I was
using 25mm versions anyway.


Dunno about that, I believe I'm of similar weight (mid eighties) plus I
run with panniers loaded up to 15 odd kgs 99% of the time. I haven't
had one sidewall blow out so wouldn't say that weight is a factor.

Not that I'm interested in lab testing them ;-)
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Cheers
Euan

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Old December 10th 06, 10:52 PM posted to aus.bicycle
Shane Stanley
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Default Conti Gatorskin vs 4-Seasons

In article ,
Euan wrote:

Dunno about that, I believe I'm of similar weight (mid eighties) plus I
run with panniers loaded up to 15 odd kgs 99% of the time. I haven't
had one sidewall blow out so wouldn't say that weight is a factor.


Maybe it's riding style. Or bad batches.

Not that I'm interested in lab testing them ;-)


Tyres seem to be one area where we seem to trust our own very small
samples regardless.

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Shane Stanley
 




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