[image] Continental Grand Prix 5000 TL Rolling Resistance Review Rolling resistance and puncture resistance review of a Continental Grand Prix 5000 TL road bike tire. Also includes detailed weight and size measurements I didn’t realize that the TL version is …

here was the aftermath of a ride ending blowout in the Sierras: [IMG_1081] sometimes not even a tube will save the day.

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That works until you slice the tire from glass. I was forced to remove the valve and throw in a tube to make it home! :slight_smile:

Like I said, so far, I’ve never needed to stick a tube in (1-2 years). Even with a 10mm slice recently, I still managed to plug it. Although it did drop pressure on the way home. I have no idea if it was glass or not that caused the slice.

Could anyone running ENVE 7.8s possibly measure the width of these mounted? I’m thinking about picking some up and I need to know/guesstimate how wide a 23 might be on there with the 19mm inner diameter. 23mm GP 5000s with tubes are running at 23.9mm on my current wheels (17mm inner diameter). The w…

Now that winter has arrived, what do folks do for sealant to prep for the new year? With my MTB I just throw more sealant in in the spring because i dont care about the added weight. What’s best practice for road tubeless? Clean the old stuff out? Just add and keep going?

I fitted these to my bike on DT Swiss R470 rims, and I would prefer never to have to remove them again so adding new sealant will be the way.

Were you able to try the Stan’s DART tool? If so, how do you like it? Wondering whether I should get that or the Dynaplug Carbon.

My order on Amazon for the DART got cancelled. I guess they didn’t have product to ship. So I have to reorder and haven’t gotten around to it yet. I carry Dynaplug right now but it seems that Stan’s Dart tool has the potential to seal up bigger holes. Will be interesting as real world experienc…

GP 5000 TL Rolling Resistance - New best road tire?

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spinnnout May 2, 2020, 7:29am 111

Interesting, am thinking about swapping out 25c to 28c. BRR found no difference in resistance between 23 and 32c (in their lab)

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