Description
We are excited to offer Continental's top-of-the-line Grand Prix 5000 clincher tire now bundled in convenient 4-packs to add value and make purchasing simpler. These superb clinchers are retail packaged and come with full warranty. Excel Sports is an authorized Continental tire dealer and service center.
In late 2004 Continental released the Grand Prix 4000 clincher tire. Through two successive iterations, advanced rubber compound technology, and a whirlwind of change in bike and tire options, the Grand Prix 4000s II has been our best selling clincher tire. With respect to many other fine tires we have carried, it isn't even particularly close. No other all round performance clincher has been as consistent, with as much puncture protection, capable of serious wear over long miles, with excellent wet and dry grip, as the GP 4000s II. Now Continental has released the Grand Prix 5000 and while improving on the legacy of it's predecessor may seem unlikely, the engineers in Germany feel strongly they have achieved true advantages in the GP 5000 clincher.
Lighter, faster, lower rolling resistance, increased rider comfort and greater overall grip with the same puncture protection; the GP 5000 may well set a new standard for clincher tires. The driving tech behind Continental's performance tires is the tire-specific BlackChili rubber. The engineers formulate the rubber with latest polymers as well as specially developed carbon black particles and filler materials that guarantee unique performance. It is the key to grip, wear, feel, and preventing small punctures. It has driven clincher performance in a race tire with everyday usefulness. And despite the fact that road tubeless tires have been growing quickly in popularity, clinchers aren't going away. For you road tubeless believers, the GP 5000 is also available in a tubeless version, so you can enjoy the same qualities with lower pressure options. The Continental GP 5000 for the win, all the way around. ... Read More
Features
- Upgraded benchmark road clincher folding tire from Continental
- Lighter, more supple, with all the great qualities of GP 4000s II
- Ideal for training, road race, triathlon, all-around performance use
- 3/330 tpi layered casing is perfectly formed, flexible, reliable
- Improvements from GP 4000 S II:
- New BlackChili compound specific to GP 5000
- 12% better rolling resistance
- Improved grip with LazerGrip engraved texture
- Lighter, enhanced liquid-crystalline polymer Vectran protection system
- Active Comfort Technology elastomer layer to cushion, reduce vibrations
- Truer to listed size (with some variation based on rim width, tire pressure)
- 10 grams lighter per size
- Note: tire is directional, see arrow on sidewall
- Sizes / Weight / Recommended psi range:
- 700x23 / 200g / 108-123 psi
- 700x25 / 215g / 94-123 psi
- 700x28 / 235g / 94-116 psi
- Sold as a 4-pack (of same size)
- Color: Black
- Made in Germany