The best all-rounder in the field on a completely new performance level. With the Continental Grand Prix 5000 folding tyres you drive faster, more comfortably and even more puncture-proof. Made to make you better.
Specifications
Features
- Advanced BlackChili compound for lowest rolling resistance, high mileage and maximum wet grip
- LazerGrip - Lets you become one with the road
- ActiveComfort - absorbs shocks and provides an outstanding driving experience
- VectranBreaker - High-tech fibre now offers even better puncture protection
- Made in Germany
Grand Prix 5000 vs 4000 SII
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12% better rolling resistance
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20% better puncture protection
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-10g lighter [25-622]
- Increased comfort
Specification
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Use: Road
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Type: Folding tyres
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Technique: Vectran Breaker
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Compound: Black Chili
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Pressure:
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TPI: 3/330
Colour
Technologies
Vectran Breaker - The benchmark in puncture protection
Vectran™ is a synthetically manufactured high-tech fibre from a natural model. Like spider silk, Vectran™ is a liquid-crystalline polymer (LCP). Vectran™ is spun from the melted liquid polymer Vectra and processed further to a multi-strand thread. Spider silk like Vectran™ has an enormous tear resistance at a very low weight: Exactly the right properties to process into a premium Continental bicycle tire as a puncture protection insert. A Vectran™ Breaker is lighter, more flexible and protects more effectively against cuts than the comparable nylon breaker. Vectran™ Breaker does not adversely affect the rolling resistance.
BlackChili Compound - It’s all about how you mix it
The crucial balance. The rolling properties of the rubber compound of a tyre are primarily determined by three interacting factors – stiction [grip], rolling resistance and mileage [longevity] . The dilemma: If you improve any of these factors it can have a detrimental effect on at least one of the others. A tyre with maximum grip wears quicker and rolls more slowly. If you then make a tyre roll faster and more durable, grip, in turn, is reduced.
