Jahanzaib The original Continental road bike tyre from which the famous GP4000 SII originated. The Grand Prix offers a 180 tpi casing, Poly-X anti-puncture technology and a BlackChili compound. Continental’s Grand Prix Road Bike Tyre provides grip in the wet, great durability, and responsive handling.
Features:
- Material: Natural Rubber Compound
- Use: Road
- Tyre Bead: Wire and Fold Bead
- Max. Inflation Pressure (psi): 120
- Threads Per Inch: 3/180
- Fine casing weave for good, responsive handling
- Great grip in the wet
- Weight:
- 700×23: 280g (Wire and Fold)
- 700×25: 250g (Fold)
- 700×25: 300g (Wire)
- 700×28: 275g (Fold)
- 700×28: 340g (Wire)
Continental Grand Prix Review:
Performance 8/10:
I enjoyed this product. The Grand Prix offers an excellent ride and grip. I felt that the pavement sometimes seemed to ‘stick’ to the tires when braking, decelerating, cornering, or accelerating. The grip available in dry conditions was more than adequate. This is by far the shortest lasting set of tires that I have used in a while, usually lasting for about one or one and a half months. Nevertheless, the Grand Prix is a great tire, and I would highly recommend it.
Weight: 7/10:
Fairly heavy. These tires are not for the weight weenie or the pro. They offer a great ride and extremely responsive handling, and are worth the weight. I know that people are usually looking for a thin and light set of tires to gain the edge in a race, but I personally will give up a few seconds in order to enjoy a nice ride. The Hand Rails are extremely thin, however, which I think gives up durability and excellent cornering. A thicker, slicker, and more durable tire will be the next review.
Handling: 9/10:
Great grip and maneuverability. While cornering on wet asphalt, the grip and performance of the Grand Prix is beyond excellent. When wet, these tires seemed very sticky. Before even entering the turn, I could feel the wheels turn on the road, which is an excellent trade-off for slippery conditions. Braking, turning, and acceleration were greatly increased when the tires were wet; they were able to react rapidly to handle the movements of the rider and bike. Dry asphalt gave still very responsive handling. The Grand Prix’s gripping off of the line was incredible. Although the ride was quite smooth, the tires gave excellent cornering and gripping off of the line. Because of the light weight of the Grand Prix, stopping distances werent decreased much, although one of the tires that I used in my ride had the little rubber refills on its sidewalls, which supposedly increase braking distance via a ‘friction fading’ effect
Durability: 5/10:
The Grand Prix usually only lasts for about one or one and a half months. The rubber treads would usually begin to separate at the edges of the tire; this was after about 3-4 weeks of use. I do not know why this happened, and it does not usually happen with other tires. Overall, the durability seemed fairly average, although of course, I am looking for a longer lasting rubber. The Grand Prix’s treads separated at the edges about 3-4 weeks after purchase
Continental Grand Prix Review:
A great tire. Lots of grip and acceleration. Not the best compound and durability in the world, but well worth the ride. Grip was incredible in wet conditions, and acceleration was beyond what I had expected. These tires were easily the most responsive set that I have ever used. If Continental makes a tire with a rubber compound that lasts longer, I will definitely try it out.
the best offering from continental in terms of weight
Positives:
- Extremely light weight
- Increadible grip
- On the rim cemented, i easily got 80 psi no leak
- Doesnt feel like running on rails
- Never get slow puncture
when up the pace at high speed, you never feel like it is slipping just enough to recover to a fast wheelie
Negatives:
- Easy to fold
- At high speed there is a feeling of slight vibration
- Can be slow to warm up
- A little loud
Continental Grand Prix Review:
Posted a fed reveiw about tinney tires but most are sold by fed ex so these sizes may not be available
Continental tires are a 2ply e/b wire bead that have been around a few years. so they have a proven track record. most of the sizes are only available thru continental wholesalers like air fox or tamson distributors. or direct from continental.
The Bad
So for the bad it’s well there isn’t a bad really. they aren’t as light as the other tires on the market but the performance is there with the weight.
For The Good,
well it’s the rubber and it covers 180tpi casing
the tread is a poly x puncture resistant and a high grip compound that runs fast off the line for a wire beaded tire. i finally got to do a quick ride on them today and i’d say after 50 miles they feel good and they dont feel tireish. the bottom line is they are controllable, grippy, and still very fast.
so far i’d say they are better then the gp3000s 2 and light years better then some of the other tires that are out there. and they feel fast, light, and smooth and since i don’t ride in the rain much i can’t vouch for wet weather performance.
so for a performance / average weight tire i’d say that this is the one to beat.
here are the weights all in the 27/25 tubesho type casing.
seems like the 28/25 are a different casing.
i am running the 25.5/28 in the foldable wire bead.
- 700x 25.5: 21.6 oz
- 700×25.5 foldable wire bead: 23 oz.
- 700×28.5 foldable wire bead: 24.7 oz
- 700×28.5:27.2 oz.
Buy Vs Ride Weights
So after seeing these numbers i’d ride the 25.5/28 because they are less then 3 oz heavier and just as fast as the 28.5.we are racing the 200 mile breck trail fest and i’ll probably go with the 28.5 but for fun the 25.5/28 sounds like the best choice.
