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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
The first is a clincher while the second is a tubeless. Why should a tubeless tire cost more than a clincher?
Not only do they cost more but you can almost buy a pair of the GP4000's that so many people use for the price of a single GP5000S. It's probably more than $100 for a GP5000TL in a shop in case you run over a killer piece of glass in front of a bike shop. While Continental is the most popular racing tires (Vittoria is actually a better racing tire IMO) the reason I would change is because the MAXXI tubeless tires I'm presently running feel dead. They actually look narrower than a 25 mm Continental but I just went out into the garage and measured them and they are identical. So I guess the Continental is deeper. They now have Goodyear tubeless tires and perhaps I try those for the Basso.. They are a little cheaper and my experience with Goodyear car tires is pretty good even though I'm pretty negative about a lot of things. In any case, the Continentals are WAY too expensive and while the top of the line Vittoria I have are tubeless I will use them as clinchers on my Colnago. I guess I will wear the Maxxi's out but only on economic principles. |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:52:34 PM UTC+1, wrote:
The first is a clincher while the second is a tubeless. Why should a tubeless tire cost more than a clincher? Not only do they cost more but you can almost buy a pair of the GP4000's that so many people use for the price of a single GP5000S. It's probably more than $100 for a GP5000TL in a shop in case you run over a killer piece of glass in front of a bike shop. While Continental is the most popular racing tires (Vittoria is actually a better racing tire IMO) the reason I would change is because the MAXXI tubeless tires I'm presently running feel dead. They actually look narrower than a 25 mm Continental but I just went out into the garage and measured them and they are identical. So I guess the Continental is deeper. They now have Goodyear tubeless tires and perhaps I try those for the Basso. They are a little cheaper and my experience with Goodyear car tires is pretty good even though I'm pretty negative about a lot of things. In any case, the Continentals are WAY too expensive and while the top of the line Vittoria I have are tubeless I will use them as clinchers on my Colnago. I guess I will wear the Maxxi's out but only on economic principles. The 5000S are 41 euros here, the 5000TL 56 euros. Lou |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:56:32 -0800, Joerg
wrote: On 2019-02-09 09:52, wrote: The first is a clincher while the second is a tubeless. Why should a tubeless tire cost more than a clincher? Because tubeless is the new fad? :-) Because the casing has to be made so that it holds air without an inner tube. That's not how clinchers have been made. |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
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 |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
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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... -- duane |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 3:52:27 PM UTC+1, Duane wrote:
wrote: 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... -- duane I rode 11000 km last year and had 2 or 3 flats. No way I going to ride crappy cheap tires. Lou |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 1:36:33 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:52:34 PM UTC+1, wrote: The first is a clincher while the second is a tubeless. Why should a tubeless tire cost more than a clincher? Not only do they cost more but you can almost buy a pair of the GP4000's that so many people use for the price of a single GP5000S. It's probably more than $100 for a GP5000TL in a shop in case you run over a killer piece of glass in front of a bike shop. While Continental is the most popular racing tires (Vittoria is actually a better racing tire IMO) the reason I would change is because the MAXXI tubeless tires I'm presently running feel dead. They actually look narrower than a 25 mm Continental but I just went out into the garage and measured them and they are identical. So I guess the Continental is deeper. They now have Goodyear tubeless tires and perhaps I try those for the Basso. They are a little cheaper and my experience with Goodyear car tires is pretty good even though I'm pretty negative about a lot of things. In any case, the Continentals are WAY too expensive and while the top of the line Vittoria I have are tubeless I will use them as clinchers on my Colnago. I guess I will wear the Maxxi's out but only on economic principles. The 5000S are 41 euros here, the 5000TL 56 euros. Lou Where can I buy them from here? |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 6:52:27 AM UTC-8, Duane wrote:
wrote: 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... -- duane George does ride over gravel roads. Consequently he gets sidewall cuts. |
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Conbtinental has come out with a GP5000S and a GP5000TL
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:30:40 PM UTC+1, wrote:
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 1:36:33 PM UTC-8, wrote: On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:52:34 PM UTC+1, wrote: The first is a clincher while the second is a tubeless. Why should a tubeless tire cost more than a clincher? Not only do they cost more but you can almost buy a pair of the GP4000's that so many people use for the price of a single GP5000S. It's probably more than $100 for a GP5000TL in a shop in case you run over a killer piece of glass in front of a bike shop. While Continental is the most popular racing tires (Vittoria is actually a better racing tire IMO) the reason I would change is because the MAXXI tubeless tires I'm presently running feel dead. They actually look narrower than a 25 mm Continental but I just went out into the garage and measured them and they are identical. So I guess the Continental is deeper. They now have Goodyear tubeless tires and perhaps I try those for the Basso. They are a little cheaper and my experience with Goodyear car tires is pretty good even though I'm pretty negative about a lot of things. In any case, the Continentals are WAY too expensive and while the top of the line Vittoria I have are tubeless I will use them as clinchers on my Colnago. I guess I will wear the Maxxi's out but only on economic principles. The 5000S are 41 euros here, the 5000TL 56 euros. Lou Where can I buy them from here? https://www.bike-components.de/en/Co...re-Set-p68415/ Shipping cost to USA euro19,95 Lou |
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