Tough tire but a nice ride on these training tires. No more flats!
I switched from balding 25mm that came with my (used) bike to new 28mm Gatorskins, and although I've lost a little bit of speed, I have a much smoother ride and have much more confidence in the integrity of my tubes. No flats yet!
Great tires if you hate flats
On the roads I ride this tire is the best.
Great tire, durable and dependible
I've been riding these tires on my tandem and my road bikes ??? for years. They wear extremely well and have great puncture resistance. I would highly recommend them.
Enough said.
5 stars, need nor say another word, buy them! Easy to install.
I have only put these 100miles on the tires, but they are doing well in the wet muddy winter conditions in Portland, OR. I also have to navigate around numerous homeless camps strewn with glass, needles and debris, putting these tires to the urban test. I'll check back in another couple hundred miles....
We've used these for two decades on our tandem and we finds them to be great for that use.
I bought my first set and have about 2000 miles on them. Only one flat in a year and half. Before I would be fixing tires after every ride, Here in New Mexico we have goatheads which are nasty little things. I do mainly road riding but there is a lot of broken glass, wire, nails and trash along the highways. I would highly recommend these tires. To make them ALMOST bullet proof to flats I have considered putting liners in them to help. These are well worth them money. I have no problem mounting them on my rims. Have already put a new set of Gatorskins on my new Kona and removed the tires that came with the bike. This is the only tire I will buy for my bikes.
No flats for years.
Have been using these for 7 years. Even manage to reach 12000km on a front tyre and 7000km on a back tyre!
I have the tires on 2 different road bikes. Running at 90 psi. I am 190 lbs. Rise is very cool forsake. Changed from 700x23 @ 125 psi to this 700x25 @ 90. No apparent loss of performance but much more comfortable.
Really works great on the road and rail trail.
Use them on my two road bikes.
I was introduced to Gatorskins by a fellow cyclist. I formerly bought the cheapest tires and ended up paying more ultimately in flats and reduced cycling time. They are now my go to tire.
These tires are great. You will compromise performance and aggressiveness with this tire but the ride quality is much better.
This is my third set of Continental Gatorskin tires. I use them on my training bike (as my carbon bike has tubeless tires) and they're very durable but not terribly heavy and roll nicely. I ride with a lot of confidence that I won't get a flat with every piece of glass or other debris on the road. I've only gotten one flat tire over the years which was a freak occurrence - ran over one of those thin wires that comes off of bus or other large vehicle tires.
Used for daily training rides.
