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Continental Grand Prix 5000 Road Tire

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Review by ND

Reviewed 8/29/2023
by ND
Portland OR
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Look good.

The tan-yellow sidewalls look great on my black bike. Performance is typical for GP5000 - which is to say good to great.

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Review by Dave

Reviewed 8/31/2023
by Dave
San Antonio, Tx
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The OG

This tire has legendary status for a reason. Checks a lot of boxes: durability, feel, rolling resistance. Been running this model and its ancestors a long time, have tried others, but always come back to this one.

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Review by ThomasP

Reviewed 4/9/2023
by ThomasP
Phoenix Area
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Seems a bit quicker

I have read so many reviews on these GP 5000 Road Tires stating how hard they are to mount on rims. They are! I had two pinch flats (snake bites) over 4 rides despite using talc powder on the inner tubes. After those flats, everything seems to have worked out well.

The rolling resistance is about 50% less than the tires they are replacing (taken from published source). I do notice a slightly quicker response and I feel I am not exerting so much energy going up hills as with my old tires. Traction on dusty downhill curves is better also.

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Review by Thomas Z

Reviewed 8/24/2023
by Thomas Z
Cycling Enthusiast
Philadelphia area
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
Grand Prix just upped their game. I didn't think it would get any better than 4000.

I have ridden Continental for years, maybe decades now. The technology keeps getting better. I ride mostly road and road conditions can be messy. 5000 is even better. I ride 25mm and can go through most road debris that gets pushed onto the road shoulders. I have confidence in these tires.

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Review by Zues Duval

Reviewed 8/25/2023
by Zues Duval
Los Angeles California
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best of the best

This tire very rugged and has superior puncture resistance. It grips the road very well to give an unparalleled feel when riding in practically any outdoor conditions. Regardless of your preference for tubeless or tubes performance is never lacking.

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Review by karen

Reviewed 10/8/2023
by karen
Cycling Enthusiast
Long Island
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Consistently the best tires around

Great grip of the road; resists glass and other sharps items that can cause flats;

A beast to change/put on.

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Review by machnart

Reviewed 2/2/2023
by machnart
Cycling Enthusiast
Austin, TX
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10 of 10 customers found this review helpful.
Best ever tires. Ever...

I have been a fan of Continental tires for many years. And to be fair, I have used others, and several expensive Italian brands, and also Schwalbe tires/tubes.

Continental GP 5000 tires are what I consider the best of the best - lightweight, resistant to punctures and flats, well built, and fast rolling, esp. in my preferred 25 mm size (on my Pinarello FP7 road bike) and 30 mm size (on my Cervelo Aspero gravel bike). Mated with Continental Race tubes, I shaved a full 1/2 lbs. (227 gms) switching from 32 mm Continental Gatorskins to Continental 30 mm GP 5000 on my Cervello. And wow! Talk about an far easier solution to saving wheel/tire weight and gaining speed and climbing ability - instead of going to expensive carbon wheels (hey, I might do that next, seeing what a reduction in weight does...).

I can really feel the reduction in rotational mass, with a gain in ave. speed of 1-2 mph all else considered, and more importantly, a VERY noticeable gain in more easily riding up steep grades - which we have plenty of here in Austin, TX. Easily 5 stars!

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 10/2/2023
by Anonymous
Casual Cyclist
Portland, Or
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Perfect tire

Smooth, great grip, high quality tires.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 10/2/2023
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
San Francisco, CA
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still one of my favorite tires :)

great tire for the price considering the performance it offers

these tires are really easy to install compared to other tires too

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 8/10/2023
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Seattle, WA
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Excellent Tire

I recently switched to the Continental Grand Prix 5000 and I'm very happy with my purchase. I've ridden about 800 KM with these tires and the grip is excellent and has performed well in the rain. I live in a city where wet weather can come unexpectedly and it's reassuring to know that these tires can perform well in wet conditions.

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Review by Slim Jim

Reviewed 10/2/2023
by Slim Jim
Cycling Enthusiast
Chicago area
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Extremely tight fit makes removal and installation very difficult

I was a fan of Continental tires (routinely purchasing Gatorskins in the past).

However, when I got my first flat with this tire, I broke a tire lever removing it, and I could not remount the tire without another set of hands to assist me.

I bought two tires and returned one of them after my experience fixing the flat with the first one. I don't want to be stranded if I get a flat and no one is around to help me removing and remounting the tire.

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Review by Matthew

Reviewed 1/23/2023
by Matthew
Cycling Enthusiast
Southern California, CA
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4 of 4 customers found this review helpful.
Superb Tires: Solid and Dependable.

I have been riding on these Continental GP5000s (25mm) since October 9th, 2022. I have enjoyed every mile, and have felt completely safe when bombing hills and trying to stay close to the fastest guys in our group (or not get dropped). These tires have been dependable and problem free. After 1,625 miles over 3 months, my tires were finally tested by Mother Nature when a Goat's Head (those pesky enemies of the MTB crowd) pierced the area where the sidewall meets the tread. It wasn't all the glass and debris of Pacific Coast Highway that I am amazed I was able to navigate without so much as the smallest problem - it was a Goat's Head on a paved road. I am still amazed by these tires and they will continue to be my "go to" tire until something better comes along.

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Review by Carlo

Reviewed 8/4/2023
by Carlo
Wyoming
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My first Conti road tire-- it has excellent road feel and good puncture protection. I bought size 28 but the tire measures 27 with my digital calipers.

I used this tire on a week long tour of Wyoming backroads. I also installed a 28 Conti Gatorskin on the rear. I am very impressed with both as I had zero punctures on the ride while my fellow tourists suffered many punctures. The tires replaced a pair of Vittoria Corsa tires with excellent road feel but suffered many cuts and the Conti's were 95% as nice riding as the Vittorias. I am a new Conti fan

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 1/18/2023
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Wasatch mountains, Utah
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6 of 6 customers found this review helpful.
Conti GP 5000 sets the standard other tires aspire to.

Okay, I admit it, I am old school. I still ride a road bike with rim brakes and shod with standard clinchers (butyl tubes). I ride many thousands of miles every year and deal with a lot of pretty rough pavement. I have tried all the usual suspects from Michelin, Vittoria, Schwalbe, Vredestein, Veloflex, etc. All good tires, but I always go back to Conti GPs for a combination of feel, long tread life, puncture protection, and ease of installation. I have a collection of bikes, so I stock up on tires (and tubes) whenever BTD has online specials.

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Review by DaPen

Reviewed 1/19/2023
by DaPen
Cycling Enthusiast
Brownsburg, IN
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5 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
Great Road Tires

I average about 3,500mi yearly on Indiana roads with these tires before replacing them. Some lighter riders have gotten over 5,000mi. The 700x28mm give a cushioned ride at 75psi and grip the road well even in wet weather. I've only had one pinch flat crossing some railroad tracks to fast, the 4 years I've been using these.

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Review by Anonymous

Reviewed 7/24/2023
by Anonymous
Cycling Enthusiast
Redmond, WA
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1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
The Best

Personally, I think these are the best tires money can buy. The are comfortable to ride, easy to install, withstand punctures and last. I road them across the US with only two flats, through gravel, country pothole roads, highways, 246,00+ grasshoppers,... etc. A great tire.

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Review by Maynard

Reviewed 9/25/2023
by Maynard
Cycling Enthusiast
East Bay, Bay Area
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Great, long-lasting tires

Great tires and long-lasting but a bit pricy

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Review by Victor

Reviewed 1/16/2023
by Victor
Cycling Enthusiast
SC
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Overall, a really nice road tire.

A little challenging to mount as the tire diameter is really snug, so get out your tire levers and some muscle, but they will go on. First things noted, the rolling resistance is really excellent. When properly inflated they will coast for along time and even on moderately poor pavement have very low rolling resistance. Also, cornering grip, even on somewhat sandy corners is better than expected. Haven't had them long enough to comment on wear but so far, so good

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Review by mrpelco

Reviewed 3/9/2020
by mrpelco
Cycling Enthusiast
West Point NY
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27 of 29 customers found this review helpful.
Puncture resistance is improved and I put that to the test.

Before taking the new road bike tire for a spin, I reviewed the technology first. The Grand Prix 5000 has a 12% lower rolling resistance, a 20% better puncture resistance and 10 grams less weight according to Continental. The tires puncture resistance was improved and I put that to the test. While out for a ride we encountered a large patch of glass. My buddies all got flats. I pulled some glass shards out of the tire. No damage and No Flats... The tire smoothly glides over asphalt and my bike has no problem accelerating.

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Review by Desert Rat

Reviewed 12/26/2022
by Desert Rat
Cycling Enthusiast
Las Cruces, NM
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3 of 3 customers found this review helpful.
Good tire if you have the right rims

I bought a pair of GP5000s 25mm to run on HED Ardennes Pro rims and they were impossible to mount, I gave up and mounted them on Mavic Open Pro rims with no problems. Although they're labeled as 25mm they measured 23mm when mounted. The Mavic rims are narrower than the HED rims and that seems to be the reason I found them impossible to mount. I've been running Michelin 25 and 28s on the HED rims and have not had any mounting problems. The Michelins are also wider than the marked width, approximately 27mm and 30mm. I'm not sure if if I will try upsizing to 28mm Contis for the HED rims or just keep running Michelin since I know that I won't have problems mounting them.

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