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Continental Gatorskin 26 Inch Road Tire

ContinentalGatorskin 26 Inch Road Tire(Return to Product Page)

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Review by Gigi

Reviewed 10/30/2022
by Gigi
Cycling Enthusiast
Seattle area
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
BEST Deal and Service

I have been using these tires for years and swear by them! I feel since Covid, there is more glass in bike lanes than ever! I know the Continental Gatorskins have saved me from repairing flats! Tough, durable tires that wear well! The personal service at Bike Tires Direct MUST be highlighted! 5 star service in a time when 'robots' and recordings answer your call. Their customer service advice and help enabled me to order and acquire a tire that works well on my bike since the regular style was not currently available. The accumulated points I collect on this site allowed the price of the tires to be a real 'steal' of a deal!

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Review by Johnny

Reviewed 9/2/2024
by Johnny
Cycling Enthusiast
Los Angeles
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Great road tires in a hard-to-find size.

I converted my vintage mountain bike for road use and its hard to find fast-rolling lightweight slicks in 26". These tires fill my needs very well.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 8/27/2024
by Anonymous
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Great tire

Smooth ride tough tire

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 5/25/2023
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Suburban and Urban streets
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Now my go-to rear tire

This is now my go-to rear tire for my Vision recumbent. I used to use Continental Grand Prix, but those sidewalls would sometimes start to deteriorate.

I get 5,000-6,000 miles of wear on Gatorskins and I can't remember when I last got a flat with the tire. Rolls great.

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Review by not-fishing

Reviewed 5/8/2020
by not-fishing
Cycling Enthusiast
Folsom, CA
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
My go-to tire for MTB on the Road Riding

A great tire for modding an old MTB for the road. With Covid19 those of us who know how to work on bikes in the family are busy resurrecting 26 old Bontragers, Fishers and Fat Chance bikes for other family members to ride.

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you get a B for mentioning Fat Chance in the review. Thanks.
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Review by slitespd

Reviewed 1/30/2023
by slitespd
Cycling Enthusiast
Wickenburg
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Nice Rolling Tires

I put these 26 x 28mm tires on a new Bacchetta Giro 26 and saved quite a bit of rotational weight on the bike. This is the first time I�ve ridden Conti�s and I�m liking the low rolling resistance and grip. I have no fear in leaning this bike over.

I found a source for a good quality tube that fits from Specialized but would really like to find a Tubolito like tube that will also fit this size.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 10/15/2018
by Anonymous
Daily Commuter
Denver
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1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Consistent high performer

I have been using Gatorskins on my tmn bike, which my commuter. The ride feel is excellent, and the tires are solid in the area of wear. Easily get over 2,000 miles per set, compared to several sets of less expensive tires. These tires are pricey, and you really get what you pay for. The one downside is that side-walls do scuff up easily, but not to the extent where one needs to trash the tire.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 7/10/2023
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Central Valley, California.
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0 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Good all around tire for road bikes.

Good tire for different road surfaces, and provides excellent grip on windy downhills.

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Review by Mike

Reviewed 2/22/2021
by Mike
Saint Petersburg Florida
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
Good recumbent tire.

Bought this for my Vision recumbent bike 26" on rear and 20" on front. Was not able to get the same tire in 20" as I usually like to match brands on front and rear. Very pleased with this tire so far. Seems to have good grip in the turns and is very fast on the straights. Mostly paved trail riding and city streets.

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Review by Jose

Reviewed 8/27/2020
by Jose
whittier, CA
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Excellent tires, highly recommend.

Excellent tires! Riden about 300 miles and show no ware. Rode at Mammouth Lakes, at 47 miles per hour at some downhills they performed beautifully. Stable at cornering and rock solid when braking forcibly. I�m very impressed by these tires.

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Review by GNRider

Reviewed 1/3/2014
by GNRider
Cycling Enthusiast
Syracuse, UT
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9 of 9 customers found this review helpful.
So far so good

This review is for the 26 inch tire. I have been running the same one in the 29 size for years. My wife's bike is a step through and it had Wall-mart road tires on it. I wanted to decrease the rolling resistance of the bike so I installed this 120 lbs tire vs the 80 lbs tires that were on the bike. Rolling resistance has been reduced. The only problems I have had with this tire on my other bike is that the sun damages the sidewall of the tire quickly. I have slime in my tires and blew a tube. Some of the slime actually oozed through the side wall it had become so porous. The tire wears OK, but is not resistant to goat head thorns. I run this tire, a plastic liner and still have to use slime to plug the holes the thorns make.

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Review by GNRider

Reviewed 12/26/2013
by GNRider
Cycling Enthusiast
Syracuse, UT
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
Not very UV resistant

I have had this tire on for about a year. My bike is in the garage when I am not on it. I ride about 60 miles a week. The tire is wearing rapidly, and it sidewall seem to be deteriorating. When I had a tube explode and some of the green slime that was in the tube came through the sidewall.

The tire is supposed to be puncture resistant, but I have had several punctures from different thorns and other organic objects.

Grip is good and on the most part it has been a satisfactory tire.

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Review by TX_Jax

Reviewed 12/12/2013
by TX_Jax
Casual Cyclist
Southeast Arizona
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7 of 11 customers found this review helpful.
Not puncture resistant.

First ride after replacing both tires and tubes. Ran across a break in the path of a few feet. Arizona has sand burrs, a sticker that looks like a small mace with spikes all over it. Picked up a bunch. Stopped and pulled them off, but everything looked okay. Ten minutes later at home. One hour later, both tires flat. That band of kevlar is cp. Soapy water revealed several punctures, both tires, in the tread areas. New tires and tubes, again.

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Review by passionate rider

Reviewed 11/4/2013
by passionate rider
Cycling Enthusiast
South Central Oregon
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6 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
Wow, what a difference these tires have made on my bike.

These tires have helped transform my mountain bike (along with a few other upgrades)to a road bike. My workouts are longer and more enjoyable. My average speed has improved 3 to 5 miles an hour. I have ridden on these tires for about 700 miles. They are still like new (Minor wear on the rear tire. No flats.

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Review by not-fishing

Reviewed 7/3/2020
by not-fishing
Cycling Enthusiast
Folsom, CA
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2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
My go-to tire for MTB on the Road Riding

I can't remember how many pairs of these I've installed on mountain bike restorations for the family. Must be near 4 pairs with no flats which is the reason I switched to Continentals 25 years ago.

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Review by BentMike

Reviewed 6/12/2019
by BentMike
Cycling Enthusiast
Savannah, GA
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2 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Flat protection on Big Event Rides

Love riding events. Century's, Seattle To Portland, and this year Hotter Than Hell Hundred. The slight amount of extra weight the Gatorskins bring is more than accepted for not having a flat. Love these tires!!

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 12/5/2018
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
San Diego
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1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Great tires, Great bike store

Gatorskins are just the best and Bike Tires Direct is great to do business with.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 11/29/2018
by Anonymous
San Diego
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1 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
Gator skins are the best

Gator skins are the best.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 7/2/2018
by Anonymous
Daily Commuter
86326
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
baddass!

very much what you'd expect from conti. i have about 8 hours on these tires as of this writing and they are so cool! i wanted low rolling resistance, i got it! they're rated for 115 psi so they're hard as a rock and fast af. i put them on 28mm rims and they seat perfectly (i was a little worried). i'm having to adjust to using higher gears to compensate for the smaller diameter but that's hardly a complaint. sometimes when i'm trying to really stomp it i do little burnouts w the rear but this is to be expected with a tread-less tire.

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Review by Ted Kowalski CEC AAC RCC

Reviewed 5/8/2018
by Ted Kowalski CEC AAC RCC
St Augustine, FL
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Instant Performance

These Gatorskins will instantly transform your mountain bike into a quick performance bike. At 100 psi they are very comfortable and still roll very well. Just fantastic!!

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