Tyres differences for road bike ?

[Black Bird]

Hulo ~ how ah you ~

I'm a beginner , currently my road bike uses a Continental Gatorskin 700x23c .
A friend is using Continental Grand Prix .

What is the differences ? Or its just the name ?

I'm quite interested with car racing where tyre choices is vital and huge .
Like soft - hard - normal - wet - rally compound .
Is there something like that on cycles as well ?

Thanks . Sorry if this is a lousy question .

 

[smokeysmoo]

Gatorskins are a strong winter/trainer/commuter tyre offering excellent p******e protection. I use them on my commuter.

Grand Prix are a faster rolling performance oriented tyre. I use GP 4000s on my CAAD.

Hope that helps

 

[mattobrien]

I too have a racing car and know the difference that tyres can make on it, nothing better than a nice set of slicks.

I found that the same can be said for bike tyres too.

I went from the standard Spesh tyres that can with my bike to some continental GP 4000s. It made a huge difference and I would thorouly recommend it.

Matt

 

[biggs682]

most important for most will be puncture protection

 

[fossyant]

Most important for me is weight.

 

[BSRU]

most important for most will be pncture protection

Probably not true for most road bike users.

 

[Black Bird]

So it means that Gatorskin had more puncture protection but lower speed .
GP4000 had lower protection but is faster .
I geddit !!
I will try search for the categories on the net and see which one I will upgrade to ~
Thanks a million guys .

 

[Black Bird]

http://www.conti-tyres.co.uk/conticycle/road.shtml here's a link for the tyre type for Conti .
if anyone is interested ~

 

[BSRU]

http://www.conti-tyres.co.uk/conticycle/road.shtml here's a link for the tyre type for Conti .
if anyone is interested ~

I did not realise both sets of tyres I use are classed as competition tyres by Continental, GP 4000s on one bike and GP 4 Seasons on the other.

 

[lavoisier]

I went from the standard Spesh tyres that can with my bike to some continental GP 4000s. It made a huge difference and I would thorouly recommend it.

+1

 

[Jmenorton]

Slight off topic, sorry. How big a difference on the road would 25c tyres make compared to the 35c cx tyres im running at the moment.

 

[fossyant]

Slight off topic, sorry. How big a difference on the road would 25c tyres make compared to the 35c cx tyres im running at the moment.

A fair amount ! If you chucked on some nice Pro Race, GP 4000's or Ultremos, you'll notice.

 

[biggs682]

Probably not true for most road bike users.

it is when commuting

 

[GetAGrip]

most important for most will be puncture protection

Very high on the important list for me!

 

[BSRU]

it is when commuting

I only do commuting even on my road bike.