I live in Puerto Rico. Flat roads hardly exist here, mostly hills, steep hills or very steep hills. Once you make it to the top your faced with a steep down hill leading to curvy turns. These tires grip well on those turns and ride through small broken glass debris with no problems. The down side to them is that they arent too attractive. But Ill gladly sacrifice this minor inconvenience for safety and durability. It feels great to complete a training route without having to stop to fix a flat, or worse, stopping because the side wall of the tire was slashed. I recommend them to any one who spend too much time fixing flats and not enough time training .
-Andr from MOCA PR.
These tires are a bit pricey but they hug the wet slick roads like fly on flypaper. Ran over some keawe Hawaiian Mesquite and no flats. Had Gatorskins for many years and thought they were the best puncture resistant tires out there but these beat them hands down. With the Gatorskins though, it slipped a little when the raods were damp. A bit tight that I have to muscle them onto my DT Swiss R1.1 rims.
Tandem mfrs put this on their race tandems, so it goes on our wannabe race tandem. It is a very light tire for what you get. We are on our second set of 28c's, and only one flat at about 28mph on the front. Enough sidewall to roll good while flat too...
Likes: Fast, light, strong, excellent cornering, excellent traction in all weather conditions, supple road feel and smooth riding at any pressure from 80 psi on up, durable, you can't hardly find thorns strong enough to flat this tire. Worry-rocks are about the only threat.
Dislikes: About average as far as ease of mounting, but not difficult with the right thumb pressure. Be sure you don't pinch the tube between the tire and the rim when mounting, visually inspect all the way around the rim both sides to make sure your tube is inside the casing before putting the air to it.
I swear by this tire, used it in Alaska for the Fireweed 400 mile race, Adirondack 540 mile race, Furnace Creek 508 mile race across Death Valley and Mohave, 24 hour races in Florida. Race Across America Solo, all races included dry, wet, ice, snow, wind, gravel, very rough roads across Kansas and Missouri.
Not to mention all of the multi-century training days for preparation for all of these races.
These tires are FLAWLESS, very easy to handle, mount and change. Great for steep climbs in wet conditions, really holds the road with almost no slipping.
These tires are my first choice, and I am not sponsored by Continental!
