The 5000 TLs have disappeared from the two online stores that I buy from… and mine will need to be replaced in a couple months. So unless that changes, it looks like the S TR are my next tire.
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Have you tried the ENVE tires by chance? If so, thoughts?
no, was planning on that and never pulled the trigger.
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I did use them as a 31c. They are gigantic, very comfy, but feel a little slow.
Only rode them for 200k though.
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Not much faster.
Yeah, we had that on here.
I find that disappointing. However, they are apparently more supple and grippy to ride…
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But how do those tan walls look?? 
have you mounted then yet?
I’m no sure why people are disappointed by the new GP 5000. When you look at that list, it’s the fastest 25mm that can be ridden day in and day out. The faster tires are almost all 23mm, or TT tires. The 24mm Turbo Cotton is close but I hear that people get flats on them.
I’ve been riding the GP 5000 TL since they came out in 2018 and have had ZERO flats. Maybe I’m just lucky but this is the best run I’ve ever had with any tire.
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Roval Rapide CLX is NOT tubeless compatible.
Yes, I know. My experience is that 25c or 26c tires are more likely to flat:
Some of that is bad luck, however the 32c/35c tires I’ve used this year have 2500 miles and still going strong despite running over the same bolts, nails, thorns, glass, metal, etc. that litter the overpasses and intersections.
I would run 28/30/32 tires on the Roval Rapide CLX.
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Is that screen from Garmin? Never thought to track tire wear that way
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This is awesome. Thanks!!!
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Go to your account, click on Gear, and then click on the bike you want to track component lifetime. You just need to make sure that for each ride you have in Strava, you assign it to the right bike. This tracking doesn’t work for tires / cassettes if you have multiple wheels for the same bike, but not an issue I have 
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Not officially, has worked amazingly well for everyone who tried.
I’m disappointed that the claims of a faster tyre has not been proven in independent testing. Had the claims stood up, then it should have been up there with the TT tyres so would have been a no brainer for most occasions.
In Germany, there was a podcast, featuring a Conti Representative (Jan-Niklas Voss), and the claims he made about the tire were through the roof. As he was in the podcast, to specifically talk about this product, I am expecting that his talks are backed up by Continental (and I still think it was).
He says:
- the new tires are a big step up from the old tires in terms of performance and intensive testing has gone into it
- the new tire will have a reduced rolling resistance by 20% „which means it saves you around 12 Watts at 300W of power, over the old 5000TL or 5000C with a latex tube“
- the testing protocol of Continental works in a very similar fashion to that of BicycleRollingResistance.com („the metal drum we use has a larger diameter, but their method makes a lot of sense, a smaller diameter will make differences more obvious, and you can accrue real world data from that“ - Voss is well aware this website exists, praises their work, and expects the Conti GP5000TR to challenge the Vittoria Corsa Speed 2.0 for top spot.)
- he even goes as far as saying „Fillipo Ganna would not have won world championship if he had been on the old tire“, and „Wout Van Aert would have come very close using the new tire“ (Wout used Corsa Speeds)
Many manufactures claim big numbers and don‘t really deliver (see ZeroFrictionCycling.com).
I am actually a big Conti Fan, have used and still use several of their tires. I have ordered GP5000TRs and will use them.
However, I find it a bit of a sh!t show when big claims are made about a product, they are not delivered upon, and then the company becomes active:
Not by reducing prices, improving their product, or whatever. No, by blocking YouTube comments underneath videos (like the aforementioned podcast) that include „BicycleRollingResistance.com“ or „Vittoria Corsa Speed“.
I find that a questionable way of going about business!
The podcast I am talking about can be found here:
The interesting part starts at 3:35:30.
That‘s all I have to say on „Why I am upset“
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It could be faster because the new tire (25mm size) is 1mm narrower. I haven’t seen anyone quantify that yet.
Unsure what that means?