Continental

Had been running Vitoria Corsa Pro Speed on my TT bike for a couple of years. They felt great but wore out literally after a couple hundred miles. I opted to try the Contis hoping for more durability. Figured they must still be fast as many of the pros were running them. Happy to say that they made through a season of racing with minimal wear. Should be good for another at least. Although BicycleRollingResistance.com rated these fractionally slower in the lab than the Corsas, it wasn't enough to be a deal breaker.

I reviewed these three years ago and they don't even look worn. I'm not a daily commuter but I ride pretty frequently. I love trying out new tires on my bike. After a year I get sick of what's on there and try something new. I had some other continentals laying around that I put back on my bike, but these contact plus were back on in couple of days. I can't take them off. They ride great! No flats in three years. They grip well, corner well, handle bumps really well and have a boutique tire ride at 25 psi. My bike weighs 30 pounds and I'm about 147. There you go. Delicious tires

I am an older cyclist with 50yrs of riding experience; racing, long distance touring, and club riding. I recently bought this Conti GP5000 (folding 700x25 tube-type) tire and only have about 200mi on it so far. As with most Conti tires in my experience, it rides well and handles quickly, but it is nearly impossible to mount on a rim the first time; this even after doing the old trick of standing on the loose tire in soft shoes and "stretching" the tire by pulling upward on the opposite side with all my strength, working repeatedly around the tire's circumference. In my experience Conti tires only become "simpatico" for mounting after stretched by many miles and much time under full inflation. Conti tires used to be labeled for safe inflation to 220psi...on a road tire!...who rides at 220psi? Is this why they are so tight? It's a good tire for fast, aggressive riding on bikes and wheels built for that, but I'd hate to sit by the road for 90mins after a flat just trying to get the tire remounted. Lucky that I never seem to collect flats.

Have been using 25mm and more recently 28mm versions of these clinchers for years - bought the 30s for northern transcontinental crossing. They measured about 31.3 on 24mm internal width rims which gave me some extra comfort over 3850 miles in 36 days, weight about matched the spec, rolled similar to the 28s, wear also similar, puncture protection seemed pretty good - one piece of wire puncture and one rough railroad crossing at speed pinch flat over close to 4000 miles (with TPU tubes).