Conti GP4000 Tyres

HughMann said:

A number of Melbourne a.bers have bought GP4000's (from PBK) and I am wondering how they are going. What are the first impressions of ride, grip, wear, speed etc. ?Have they lived up to expectations and are they worth the $ ?
My Gators have just about had their day and PBK GP4000's are less $ than LBS Gators.

Love em...

Ride - umm... round?
Grip - plenty...
Wear - seems very good...
Speed - depends on the rider 🙂
Worth the money - for around $42each then for sure...

cheers,
GPL

bah! too slow for a mountain goat like me... go the pro race's!!🙄

PS:Actually i'm thinking of converting

PPS: Lama?? Aren't you in Ballarat?? [censored], you can find an internet connection pretty quick..

Jono L said:

PPS: Lama?? Aren't you in Ballarat?? [censored], you can find an internet connection pretty quick..

I am - and yep, where there's a wireless there's a way 😉

(laying on the bed upstairs at the Mrs' folks home... playing on the interwebnet )

cheers,
GPL

HughMann said:

A number of Melbourne a.bers have bought GP4000's (from PBK) and I am wondering how they are going. What are the first impressions of ride, grip, wear, speed etc. ?Have they lived up to expectations and are they worth the $ ?
My Gators have just about had their day and PBK GP4000's are less $ than LBS Gators.

Cheers
Hugh

I don't know if it is the fact I used Pro Race's for such a long time, I agree with everything GP said about the Conti's... but I actually reckon the Pro Races... have a slightly better feel about them when riding... I have a GP4000 on the back at the moment, but am going to put on a Pro Race 2, again next time to compare.

Having said that... checking the GP 4000 for wear... and it certainly seems to be a lot more resistant to those small nicks that appear after time then the Pro Race 2's

HughMann said:

A number of Melbourne a.bers have bought GP4000's (from PBK) and I am wondering how they are going. What are the first impressions of ride, grip, wear, speed etc. ?Have they lived up to expectations and are they worth the $ ?
My Gators have just about had their day and PBK GP4000's are less $ than LBS Gators.

Cheers
Hugh

Ok the GP4000's aren't bullet proof when going a bit too quick through a roundabout on a wet road...so I found out. Bloody good tire otherwise.

Just doing my bit to take the heat off the crash bandicoot 🙂

I brought 4 from PBK 6 months ago and they have been ok re handling - even
in the wet (but do read TimC's note above)

not very impressed with wear or puncture proofing - the 3000s i had on prior
did better on both fronts

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Quoted message said:

A number of Melbourne a.bers have bought GP4000's (from PBK) and I am
wondering how they are going. What are the first impressions of ride,
grip, wear, speed etc. ?Have they lived up to expectations and are
they worth the $ ?
My Gators have just about had their day and PBK GP4000's are less $
than LBS Gators.

Cheers
Hugh

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HughMann

gplama said:

I am - and yep, where there's a wireless there's a way 😉

(laying on the bed upstairs at the Mrs' folks home... playing on the interwebnet )

cheers,
GPL

Must be some serious karma after talking up the pro-race's cos I punctured this morning the the R##N!! Still managed another sub 15 up the 1/20:p I actually did all the work this time too...

Jono

On 2006-05-14, jim (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

I brought 4 from PBK 6 months ago and they have been ok re handling - even
in the wet (but do read TimC's note above)

not very impressed with wear or puncture proofing - the 3000s i had on prior
did better on both fronts

How many k's? I heard good things about the Rubinos, but they wore
for me quickly. It's those nicks that someone commented about -- they
get nicks quite easily, which are big enough to let the tube bulge
out.

Noticed today that my GP4000s bulge at the valve stem on the front,
today. Tried to reseat the tire, and pumped it up twice, but still no
go. It looks like a place where the tube folded.

--
TimC
It's written GNU/Linux, and pronounced "Linux". Or, "Linux, with a
silent GNU/" -- Kubric on /.

On 2006-05-14, Jono L (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Must be some serious karma after talking up the pro-race's cos I
punctured this morning the the R##N!! Still managed another sub 15 up
the 1/20:p I actually did all the work this time too...

You probably didn't read my other post, because it was too long, but
how many people ride that in the winter?

Next week is BR100, so I'll ride there, but I'm missing the 1/20
action 🙂

--
TimC
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-- AdB on ASR

i guess about an average of tenish. However, get some rain and you may be on your own...

It seems to have become the ride that most people do if there's nothing else to do...