I train and race with Conti 4000S II. Why? Because it's the iphone / Cervelo P2 of the tire world. If you want a safe bet and something that just works, that's what you get.
I only recently read about turbon cotton (from Tom A I believe) and never heard of michelin's power competition. There's not enough media exposure for them. If you ask me to name tires. I can only name conti grand prix, Michelin pro, and vittoria open corsa.
again, nothing against that tire. just, it's my guess that the issue is that the 4000S II came out in 2013, and at that time the tire was a world beater, and it gained a reputation during 2013, 2014, and that reputation has endured. but it's 2017 and the turbo cotton (as just one example) wasn't around or well known at that time, and the michelin power competition (as another example) didn't come out until 2016.
I only recently read about turbon cotton (from Tom A I believe) and never heard of michelin's power competition. There's not enough media exposure for them. If you ask me to name tires. I can only name conti grand prix, Michelin pro, and vittoria open corsa.
Slowman wrote:
again, nothing against that tire. just, it's my guess that the issue is that the 4000S II came out in 2013, and at that time the tire was a world beater, and it gained a reputation during 2013, 2014, and that reputation has endured. but it's 2017 and the turbo cotton (as just one example) wasn't around or well known at that time, and the michelin power competition (as another example) didn't come out until 2016.
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bloodyshogun: Jan 18, 17 13:00