Looking for the best fall riding tire for your racing bike? These are them. Possibly the best compromise clincher tire out there.
Introducing the Continental GRAND PRIX 4-Season tires, available in 700x23 sizes. These are the tires that the Rapha Continental Team have been riding all over the country, encountering roads sight unseen, that could be tarmac, gravel or dirt. You can read about those rides here:
Okay, so what makes these so great? Well, they have kevlar puncture protection, yet offer an incredibly supple ride. These are silky, feelsome treads. So much so, that you worry for them, but I have taken them over dirt tracks, gravel roads and cobbles, without complaint. The grip they offer is good, but more importantly, the handling feel they offer is excellent, allowing you to feel the limits of adhesion through the messages they send back through the bike's frame and bars.
Remarkably, these pictures were taken after a couple of hundred miles of riding. Looks like they are going to wear well. They have quite deep grooves in the tread compared to a lot of road tires, which is great when conditions get wet and slippery, and they have a nice look to them, the graphics aren't too bold and the sidewall protection shows with a faint dark orange webbing on the sidewalls.
With all of this performance and piece of mind the 220g weight per tire is small price to pay. You might save 30g on a set of racier tires, but you will certainly pick up more flats and/or ride less dirt roads. Did I mention I love these tires?
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