I am buying new tires today and am looking for some feedback. Here are my proposed setups. I would like to stick to continental clinchers as they have proven to be very dependable.
Which setup looks most promising?
Race: GP4000s (rear/23mm) / Continental GP Supersonic (front/20mm)
or
Race: Continental Force (rear / 24mm) / Continental Attack (front / 22mm)
or
Race: GP4000s (Front & Rear 23mm)
and for training I’m sticking to 4000s front and back as usual.
I’ve been using the Continental Force (rear / 24mm) / Continental Attack (front / 22mm) for about a year now. Its been a solid setup once you get them mounted the first time…
Last weekend a slow leak developed but other than that no flats.
I’ve been happy with the rolling resistance, durability & handling.
Good luck,
Travis
dumb blog
i beleive the 4000s has the lowest rolling resistance of all the conti tires as per biketechreview’s testing
.
the 4000s would have to have hugely lower RR for me to switch
from the Attack/Force black chilis i have mounted now. the 24mm
rear at just slightly lower pressure than i would normally run a 23
is so much more comfortable. anyway, didn’t someone say that
a fatter tire has lower RR and a better contact patch?
the only drawback i’ve found to the A/F set is the Attack is a
bit aggressive when cornering, that is, if you lean in a bit,
Boom! you’re suddenly making a turn, there’s no gradual
increase in bite, it’s all bite all the time on the edge. this is
obviously not much of a problem for a tri/tt bike as you spend
most of your time going straight.
my previous favourite tire was the michelin pro2race, totally
predictable handling, tenacious cornering, super RR, decent
tread life, sucky cut resistance.
i beleive the 4000s has the lowest rolling resistance of all the conti tires as per biketechreview’s testing
I would not trust the data on biketechreview.com. The tests were all done at the same tire pressure and for the Conti tires that means that they were overinflated. Many peeps here have stated that over inflation causes higher RR. If biketechreview would redo their tests at the manufacturer’s recommended tire pressure, then their data would be useful.
They already gave tubies a bad name and had to redo their measurements.