Continental Grand Prix 5000 Folding Tyre – 700 x23C

Features – Grand Prix 5000

• • 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

• • 12% better rolling resistance

• • 20% better puncture protection

• • -10g lighter [25-622]

• • Increased comfort

Product features

• • Use:Road

• • Type: Folding tyres

• • Technique: Vectran Breaker

• • Compound: Black Chili

• • Pressure:
    • • 7,5 – 8,5 Bar (23-622)

     

    • • 6.5 – 8.5 Bar (25-622)

     

    • • 6.5 – 8.0 Bar (28-622)

     

     

• • TPI: 3/330

Size

• • ETRTO 23-622 (700 x 23C)

Color

• • black

Weight (manufacturer information)

• • 700 x 23C – 200g

• • 700 x 25C – 215g

• • 700 x 28C – 235g

Scope of delivery

• • 1 Continental Grand Prix 5000 Folding

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.