Continental Grand Prix 5000 Clincher Road Bike Tyre

Continental Grand Prix 5000 Folding Tyre

The best all-rounder in the field on a completely new performance level. With the Continental Grand Prix 5000 folding tyres you drive faster, more comfortably and even more puncture-proof. Made to make you better.

 

Features – Grand Prix 5000

Advanced BlackChili compound for lowest rolling resistance, high mileage and maximum wet grip

LazerGrip – Lets you become one with the road

ActiveComfort – absorbs shocks and provides an outstanding driving experience

VectranBreaker – High-tech fibre now offers even better puncture protection

Made in Germany

 

Grand Prix 5000 vs 4000 SII

12% better rolling resistance

20% better puncture protection

-10g lighter [25-622]

Increased comfort

 

Product features

Use: Road

Type: Folding tyres

Technique: Vectran Breaker

Compound: Black Chili

Weight (manufacturer information)

700 x 23C – 200g

700 x 25C – 215g

700 x 28C – 235g

700 x 32C – 290g

650 x 25C – 205g

650 x 28C – 230g

 

Technologies

Vectran Breaker – The benchmark in puncture protection

Vectran™ is a synthetically manufactured high-tech fibre from a natural model. Like spider silk, Vectran™ is a liquid-crystalline polymer (LCP). Vectran™ is spun from the melted liquid polymer Vectra and processed further to a multi-strand thread. Spider silk like Vectran™ has an enormous tear resistance at a very low weight: Exactly the right properties to process into a premium Continental bicycle tire as a puncture protection insert. A Vectran™ Breaker is lighter, more flexible and protects more effectively against cuts than the comparable nylon breaker. Vectran™ Breaker does not adversely affect the rolling resistance.

 

BlackChili Compound – It’s all about how you mix it

The crucial balance. The rolling properties of the rubber compound of a tyre are primarily determined by three interacting factors – stiction [grip], rolling resistance and mileage [longevity] . The dilemma: If you improve any of these factors it can have a detrimental effect on at least one of the others. A tyre with maximum grip wears quicker and rolls more slowly. If you then make a tyre roll faster and more durable, grip, in turn, is reduced.