- 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
- 12% better rolling resistance/20% better puncture protection/-10g lighter [25-622] vs Grand Prix 4000 SII
- Select tire width and Tube Stem Length Below
The best all-rounder in the field on a completely new performance level. With the Continental Grand Prix 5000 folding tires you drive faster, more comfortably and even more puncture-proof. Made to make you better. 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 tire with maximum grip wears quicker and rolls more slowly. If you then make a tire roll faster and more durable, grip, in turn, is reduced.