Continental Grand Prix 5000 Road Bike Tyres - Allrounder Clincher Bicycle Tyre | Versatile Road and Track Cycle Tyre with BlackChili Compound, Lazer Grip and Vectran Technology

Bought these in 25mm last September to replace Schwalbe 23s to get a more comfortable ride. Big mistake, maybe they grip slightly better and are definitely lighter, but on crappy Scottish roads with loose chippings the feeble side wall has already ripped apart after less than 500 miles. If you’re going to ride in the UK I would suggest a more substantial tyre.

Great tyres, fast rolling with good grip

Excellent item only had to return as i thought the item was sold a pair as there are two tyres in the picture and the description as you can see above also shows tyres

These tyres are fab. They look nice and definitely improve rolling resistance. They are a bit difficult to fit on to prime carbon wheels..

So there's a lot of hype around these tyres. I needed a new pair of road tyres and had always wondered about GP5000s, so as these were on at a decent price and after much research with other manufacturers, I bought a pair. I'm running them with butyl inner tubes. Tyres were easy to mount on my carbon rims using a Tyre Monkey. I can imagine a bit tricky without one, so I'd recommend one of those of you're considering these tyres. I took them out for a short test ride at a good pace just to try them out, and I was not disappointed. They handled superbly, the bike felt quicker straight away, and leaning into corners, they felt grippy and light. I managed an average speed of just over 20mph over a 30 mile ride, about average for me, but with a strong headwind on the last 12 miles I like to think these helped. According to Strava I hit quite a few personal bests too. I'm yet to try them in the wet, but I'm not keen on taking my road bike out in the wet anyway, so perhaps never will! Overall I like these tyres a lot, the hype maybe justified, I'll see as I put more miles on them. I also think they look the business, look absolutely superb on the bike. Photo's are after first ride out.

The tyres were as advertised, the only issue was that they took longer than advertised to arrive,

Absolute nightmare to fit to carbon wheels for some reason, I have three sets so not an anomaly, maybe I had two bad ones sent out, but what are the chances of that? Once on they are a dream to ride, never going back to 25mm either

Great tyre at a great price as it was a return. Nevertheless the tyre was brand new and identical to the tyre if replaces