ContinentalGrand Sport Race Fold Bike Tire

Replaced the stock Bontrager R1 tyres on my Trek after a puncture. These feel like the roll faster and at lower pressures. Good quality tyre, seems pretty resistant to punctures but I’ve only done about 400 miles on them. They were pretty tight going on but nothing you couldn’t fix with a tyre lever and washing up liquid.

Im an experienced club rider and road cyclist and weigh in at 85-89kg rider and purchased these to turn my steel touring bike into a faster rolling winter training bike and thus save my touring tyres.Good points they look good once on the rim and give a cushioned ride at 65 - 85psi, but expect a slow ride for a lot effort, I felt it like riding through mud at these pressuresThe bad points are they are absolute nightmare to get on the rim I ended up taking them in the kitchen to warm them up. i had sore hand get the last one over the rim snapped a tyre lever, i used diluted washing up liquid and water on the other wheel, once on thankfully they seated well, but im now hopping i never get a puncture as I may well not be able to sort the tube out on the side off the road.If you need some speed your going to have to run these at around 95psi and thus loose some amount of comfort. plus they weigh 380grams (not bad) for the size bit Bontrager do lighter 32mm.I can now say in my experience that if you want speed you need 23-25mm tyres adjust the pressure and tube for plusher ride and you'll need a quality fast tyre as well.I shall stick with these for the winter months and run them close to maximum tyre pressure 102psi they should work well as a winter training tyre as they certainly ad a lot of resistance and weight.

Excellent tyre. I constantly punctured before getting this one, specifically for the extra protection. Done a few hundred KM on it and not loss of pressure either. It doesn’t move around like some tyres I’ve had which is great as this means my bike doesn’t feel like it wants to throw me off at every opportunity!!

So far so good. Easy to fit and looks very well make.

Very happy my second set

Very good and cheap tyres, however some diameter differences after inflating

Worth the money!

very good