Continential Gatrorskins

bikeit65
bikeit65 Posts: 1,001
in Road parts
looking a set of Gatorskins 25mm, anyone selling or know any deals going?
https://www.instagram.com/seanmcgrathphotography/
Trek Domane SL7 GEN4
Planet X RT58
Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.

HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011

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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Don't do it, they're like riding on hosepipes. Awful tyres.
  • bikeit65
    bikeit65 Posts: 1,001
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Don't do it, they're like riding on hosepipes. Awful tyres.

    What would you recommend?
    https://www.instagram.com/seanmcgrathphotography/
    Trek Domane SL7 GEN4
    Planet X RT58
    Cannondale CAAD 10 2012.
    Pain.. Is weakness leaving the body.

    HATING LIFE-CYCLES FROM 2011
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    My preferred choice of tyre is Conti GP5000s or GP4000s.
    More expensive, but light years better. I've spent the winter on GP5000s which has been probably 2500 kms with no problems, and those tyres went on in mid summer. Rear now needing replacing after 6-7,000 kms.
  • Charlie_Croker
    Charlie_Croker Posts: 1,727
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Don't do it, they're like riding on hosepipes. Awful tyres.

    Really!     I've never ridden on hosepipes, how would you best describe that then?
    I think there a really good tyre BTW they seem to just roll and roll...
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Charlie_Croker said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Don't do it, they're like riding on hosepipes. Awful tyres.

    Really!     I've never ridden on hosepipes, how would you best describe that then?
    I think there a really good tyre BTW they seem to just roll and roll...
    They feel dead, no suppleness, poor grip, heavy and poor rolling resistance.
  • Charlie_Croker
    Charlie_Croker Posts: 1,727
    Dorset_Boy said:

    Charlie_Croker said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Don't do it, they're like riding on hosepipes. Awful tyres.

    Really!     I've never ridden on hosepipes, how would you best describe that then?
    I think there a really good tyre BTW they seem to just roll and roll...
    They feel dead, no suppleness, poor grip, heavy and poor rolling resistance.
    extract:
    Greame Obree’s custom steel road bike full specifications:
    • Frame: Graeme Obree custom Reynolds 653 steel
    • Tyres: Front Onza Preda 23mm / Rear Continental Gatorskin 23mm

    If there good enough for Greame Obree there certainly good enough for me

    source: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/graeme-obree-road-bike/
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,108
    Depends what you want - Gatorskins aren't a race or even a fast training tyre imo but they last ages and reaiat punctures pretty well. I'd prefer something like a Michelin Pro4 Endurance (if they still do them) if I wanted puncture protection but mybe if I was mixing in unpaved tracks etc a Gatorskin would be ok.
    [Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Charlie_Croker said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Charlie_Croker said:

    Dorset_Boy said:

    Don't do it, they're like riding on hosepipes. Awful tyres.

    Really!     I've never ridden on hosepipes, how would you best describe that then?
    I think there a really good tyre BTW they seem to just roll and roll...
    They feel dead, no suppleness, poor grip, heavy and poor rolling resistance.
    extract:
    Greame Obree’s custom steel road bike full specifications:
    • Frame: Graeme Obree custom Reynolds 653 steel
    • Tyres: Front Onza Preda 23mm / Rear Continental Gatorskin 23mm

    If there good enough for Greame Obree there certainly good enough for me

    source: https://www.bikeradar.com/features/graeme-obree-road-bike/
    Well you stick to them then, but you'll never find out what a decent tyre feels like in comparison!
  • joe_totale-2
    joe_totale-2 Posts: 1,333
    Graham Obree also believes that 9 speed is all you need, plenty of us would beg to differ.

    In my own experience Gatorskins are horrible, no grip, especially on those cold, wet mornings. I've come a cropper a couple of times on roundabouts due to them, it's never happened to me on any other tyre.

    There's a reason they're known as Skaterskins.

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