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Continental Contact Plus 700c Tire

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Review by Al

Reviewed 5/10/2019
by Al
Space Coast Central Florida
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Love this tire!

Great grip with low roll resistance. I switched to the Continental Contact from a comparable Michelin touring tire. I put over 5000 on the Michelin tires and anticipate higher mileage on the Continental tires. The advantage of the Continental is that it has less roll resistance, making it a much faster tire for my rides. My rides are a mixture of paved road surfaces, golf course kart trails and wide community sidewalks. Excellent commute tire that would be equally suitable to gravel and hardpan dirt trails.

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Review by Mike from PDX

Reviewed 3/22/2019
by Mike from PDX
Cycling Enthusiast
Portland, OR
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Excellent tire for urban and trail riding 29er

My Trek X-Caliber 29er never had the same agility (tight turning radius, low center of gravity) as my old school 26 Trek 950 so I found that instead of tight single track, it ended up mostly being ridden on hard packed trails and gravel (Powell Butte, Forest Park) and on urban rides when I wanted something tougher than my carbon road bike. The stock knobby tires worked fine on the trails, but they were slow and wore quickly on pavement.

Enter the Continental Contact Plus This tire is plenty beefy (targeted at heavier eBikes) and has just enough tread to work fine on trails and gravel yet it is slick enough to roll nicely when cycling through parks and neighborhoods on the way to the trails. At 500 miles, I'm sold.

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Review by Bob G

Reviewed 9/2/2021
by Bob G
Cycling Enthusiast
NYC
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Competent city tire

Bought these to replace 10 year old tires that came with a Scott hybrid. They feel very secure and inspire confidence even in the rain in my dally commute of 3 miles each way. My bike has a basket in the rear which sometimes carries up to 10 pounds. They feel like they should hold up well for many miles.

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Review by Richard

Reviewed 8/20/2021
by Richard
Atlanta, GA
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Perfect

Great tire for th urban commuter. It lives up to the Continental name.

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Review by Tom

Reviewed 6/11/2021
by Tom
Northern Michigan
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1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Great tire

Tire has exceptional traction and rides smoother than my old 23 width tire. This helps when getting older. Also love the reflective sidewall. Very well built tire. I would highly recommend and would buy again.

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Review by Tony

Reviewed 11/15/2020
by Tony
Belmont, NC
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Excellent tire!

This is a great tire! Continental is quality. Great grip, sticks in corners, rolls fast and looks great. Also I feel confident cornering in the rain too on these rubbers. Can't go wrong on Continentals my friend :) oh yah, the price is right too! Especially considering the mileage & peace of mind you can get out these tires with their puncture protection and top quality construction. Will buy again. Go ride!

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 6/18/2020
by Anonymous
Tempe Arizona
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Great tires

Best dang 28's in the biz, rugged with comfort

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 6/4/2020
by Anonymous
Casual Cyclist
Rochester, NY
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Smooth Riding Tire

A few years ago my wife got a Trek Hybrid bike with 700 x 28 road tires and she does not like riding on the road so we find ourselves riding in the neighborhoods around us and smooth trails so she needed a more all-around tire (700 x 37) which this has turned out to be perfect for.

As soon as she got on the bike she said it rolled better and felt smoother than original tires and feels more confident seeing the slightly wider tire under her when on smooth trails like we have along the canal.

Not easy to get on the rim but it fits the frame with no rubbing.

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Review by rbourey1

Reviewed 6/6/2022
by rbourey1
Daily Commuter
Saint Louis base
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Good bang for the buck.

Great commuting tire. Well priced. Fair glass protection.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 12/23/2019
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Houston, Texas
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1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Better than stock tires

Got a great deal on these tires from BTD. Theres not much else to say other than the tires feel like they will stand up to unnerving city streets.

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Review by A Prandelli

Reviewed 5/6/2022
by A Prandelli
Cycling Enthusiast
Forked River, NJ
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Continental Contact Plus 700c Tire

Fantastic,...perfect choice for Randonneurs

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 8/26/2019
by Anonymous
Boise
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2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Meets the need

I will sum up my review with the adjective "Meh."

This tire doesn't inspire me but, like a Toyota Corolla, it does get me there and back. Be ready to put more effort into getting these things up to speed but once there ya good! Puncture problems seem like a thing of the past. Keep em hard though, you're already getting a better workout at 55psi than others.

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Review by jhutchm26s

Reviewed 7/10/2019
by jhutchm26s
Cycling Enthusiast
St Louis, MO
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6 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
Will Buy Again

I have over 5,000 miles on these tires and have not had a flat, yet. I'll buy a new set when these are finally worn out.

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Review by Joe

Reviewed 12/3/2021
by Joe
Cycling Enthusiast
Northern Illinois
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Everything a should be

It rolls easy and feels very stable. I especially appreciate the additional puncture protection.

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Review by terry

Reviewed 10/27/2021
by terry
Cycling Enthusiast
santa cruz ca
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Robust tire, though stiff sidewalls and heavy

Need to run really low pressure to achieve softer ride. Using 47mm size on front and running 30 psi achieves both great flat resistance and smooth ride.

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Review by Jimbo in Illinois

Reviewed 8/23/2018
by Jimbo in Illinois
Cycling Enthusiast
Illinois bike paths
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Excellent upgrade to a brand new Ebike

These are perfect for an E-bike. My wife's new $2k Liv (Giant) E-bike came with some strange tires for the application - the standard tires were blocky tread with rather square shoulders. Not at all what you would want for a city bike application and not very good looking either. My bike dealer agreed and said he would swap out. I picked these Continental's and they are really nice. With the reflective strip side wall they not only look outstanding but ride nicer and quieter than the OE tires. They are not light weight, but perfect for the heavy and fast E-bike.

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Review by Jim L.

Reviewed 8/17/2018
by Jim L.
Cycling Enthusiast
Lincoln, Nebraska
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8 of 8 customers found this review helpful.
Continental has a winner!

Replaced the Giant Crosscuts that came stock on my Roam 2 with these in 42mm width (from the 37mm that were on). On my normal route the first thing I noticed was my average speed went up 1 mph. Handling is excellent on pavement, and great on the crushed limestone trails.Rolling resistance is obviously less. Reflective strip on sidewall a plus. Highly recommend.And relatively inexpensive.

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Review by AustinBrooks

Reviewed 5/21/2018
by AustinBrooks
Daily Commuter
Aliso Viejo
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8 of 8 customers found this review helpful.
Good for Commutes

I used these tires commuting on the road and riding technical trails on my way home riding cyclocross. They're really fast on the pavement and great on hard packed dirt roads. I really would like some extra traction on rock sections, but another tire is good for that. These tires were perfect when I was riding the gravelpavement pathway on my way to class, great on the road, and alright on technical trails

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Review by jhutchm26s

Reviewed 5/3/2018
by jhutchm26s
Cycling Enthusiast
Pacific, MO
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7 of 7 customers found this review helpful.
Like these tires

Bought these to go from 32's to 35's on my touring bike. I only have a few hundred miles on them now, but leaving next week for a thru-ride of the Katy Trail. They look good and mounted easily to my rims and I like tyhe ride. Also got them at a good price from Bike Tires Direct.

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Review by Steven Bowman

Reviewed 4/16/2018
by Steven Bowman
Casual Cyclist
Baltimore,MD
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4 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
I like good tires that are fast & grippy, all weather conditions or even light off-road

Just daily riding on a custom built 29700c urban transport or century mileage, and through in some dirt tails amazingly work well in all conditions .

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