eduskator

Keep on making these requests through their support page and you may be lucky someday! I think it's relevant.

I've been requesting for 2 years now that the calories and total distance be shown for a specific activity (Nordic Ski) that is very popular in my area, but didn't have any success. I'll continue.

jonathanf2

I found a cheap pair of GP5000 25c clinchers and absolutely love them. They're quick and ride great. Though with all the climbing and descending I do, I'm sure they're going to wear abnormally fast. I'm considering GP 4 season tires next.

88ss

Those GP 4-seasons are no cheap date either, but I am sure they are more practical and more sturdy than the gp5000s. I don't know if I will ever buy another set of gp5000s, I was just curious to ride on a pair of them so it is out of my system, now I am looking into what other tires may have to offer. I have one standard 25mm wide Gatorskin here and I am surprised at how light it is, and they have an excellent reputation, and also can be had at a lower price than the gp5000. I suspect that there are many tires out there that would be fun to try out and also as satisfying to ride on as the gp5000.

terrymorse 

Compared to a GP5000, a Gatorskin rides like a garden hose.

jonathanf2

I was able to buy my pair for about $55, it was return inventory but unused. They ride really nice and fast. Though I only ride these tires on nice streets and avoid riding them on the rougher urban roads. Plus I rotate my 3 bikes (2 road, 1 gravel) just to minimize wear-n-tear. My other road bike rides on GravelKing 26c slicks. That bike is running 21mm internal width rims, so the GK slicks actually come out closer to 28c when inflated. I like it because I get a wider tire profile without the added weight.

88ss

I put fifty miles on the gp5000s this morning. They are on aero-wheels that take 60mm valve stems, and it is a nice springy feeling bike frame. The bike felt like a magic wand. I hit one jagged hole in the pavement while going about 20mph and I got the front over it but the rear hit hard and I was pretty worried for ten or twenty seconds that I may have ruined something, but everything was fine and on I went, I had pumped them up to bit over 100psi late the previous evening. The bike the gp5000s are on is not a daily beater, it is something I just ride when the weather is nice and I feel like going fast.

cweb99

I Rotate tires frequently. It’s quite easy and you get the best out of your tires. If you can’t rotate a tire you are probably a Prius owner that calls AAA for everything

prj71

This would be correct. ^^^

And I'm not sure why folks think that climbing or descending wears a tire faster than riding on the level.

prj71

Over 100 psi?! Ouch!!

88ss

The usual ignorant type of comment this forum spits out regularly. Someone with a brain would know the total bike/rider weight, type of road surface, tire size etc. so they could see that the Silca pro tire pressure calculator recommended the exact tire pressure I chose on intuition alone........

terrymorse 

More heavy braking, skidding of the rear tire when climbing out of the saddle on steep grades.

Lots more braking when descending twisty roads.

prj71

I never skid my tires going up or down. Apparently I don't have enough watts in my legs!!!

msu2001la

Strava's mileage tracking should have a bunch of additional functionality in it. It would be easy for them to include settings to track mileage on tires, chains etc in addition to tracking total miles on different bikes.

I also find it frustrating that they don't have an easy way to track mileage-by-year on bikes. As a work-around to this, I just create a new bike for each year on Strava. So I have things like "Road bike 2023", "MTB 2023", "CX 2023" etc.

t2p

speaking on behalf of the many quality garden hoses - I feel this is an unfair statement

hankj

Must say I HEART GP5000's - light, roll really fast, sticky, comfy for given width, available in fat widths, play nice tubeless. And reasonably okay puncture resistance too, at least before too worn out.

Given all that it seem a bit extra to worry about price or if they can be made to last for more than 3k miles. Top shelf product, can't have everything!

88ss

Has anyone been able to figure out if switching to gp5000s from their previous tires added any speed? I have gone fast with my gp5000s, faster than with any previous tire I was using, but since at the same time I also switched to an aero type of rim I can not say what the rims contributed and what the tires contributed to the extra four to six tenths of a mph I found. I am going to put my old rims back on the bike with the gp5000s just to try that combo, and maybe try the aero rims with my previous tires too, just for some fun.

88ss

The more power a tire or any part of the cycle's drive-train or braking system is asked to transmit to the road, the faster it all wears, Whether it is the force of going up a hill with power from the pedals, or to absorb the power of speed by braking. Any time the tires are accelerating or decelerating the bike they are wearing. The rider can not perceive the extra slippage between the tire and road surfaces, but it is there. Also at higher speeds, the temperature of the tire material is higher, and the higher the tire temperature the faster they will wear.

NVFlinch 

I've got GP 5000's, 28mm and 30mm, on two road bikes. I've got a post on another forum titled "GP 5000's, flat magnets or is it just me?"

~700 miles total both bikes, both TPU and butyl tubes, pavement riding.. I actulally gave up counting flats at 11, and flatted both types of tubes. Three in one day last week, and next day two flats on the other bike. Worst tire ever.

I've gone to Mr Tuffy inserts on one bike, and tubeless on the other. So far in three rides - no flats. Yep, that's considered a remarkable success with these tires.

terrymorse 

Answer: It’s just you.

88ss

That is a bad record of reliability. I was really surprised when I flatted my rear gp5000 with almost no miles on it by hitting a rock that was laying on the road. I am used to hitting the occasional rock, but not having it take out a tire and tube. Luckily I was able to patch the tire and tube and it is still on the rear racking up the miles. The bottom line is these are competitive racing tires and not going to be as reliable for daily commuting or touring as other tires advertised for those uses. I am still glad to have them though and do have fun with them on good paved roads. I will not plan using them for "urban" riding over sketchy pavement and debris like broken glass etc that covers a lot of neighborhoods.

prj71

I agree with Terry. It's just you. No problems using the Schwalbe TPU tubes with mine.

Chandne

I don't get that many mile out of my tires but I do run lowish PSI (55-60 tubeless) and do a lot of longer climbs. That especially wears out the rear tire pretty fast. When I was training on climbs mostly, I got 1,100-1,200 out of a Specialized rear and when I do more flats mixed in, I get 1800 from the same tire. Others report 2,000+ from the same tire but they do more flat riding, Switching to the ENVE 31s soon so will track those. I'll take awesome grip over longevity though, so I do not look for harder-wearing tires. There are many out there.

posse

I've been using GP 5000 (butyl tubes) for the past year. I weigh 140 pounds and run the tires at 80-90 pounds over various surfaces. I just replaced the front and rear - 3500 hundred on the rear, 7000 on the front. Yes, the wear dimples were visible on both but winter is approaching and I try to be cautious. Including my last two rear tires and the front tire I've amassed 14000 miles and suffered 3 flats. Two were pinch flats and 1 was caused by glass.
These tires roll well, ride comfortably, are durable and reasonably priced. What's not to like?

diphthong

got 3,676.4 miles out of the rear conti gp 5000. involved multiple, pavement preferred forays tho including one on the last day of life. switched out both the front and rear tires tonight.
185 lbs and usually run 90-95 psi on 23's.

rsbob 

2,300 miles on my CGT 5000 ATQRSTUVWXYZ and today while riding went through a shaded asphalt area and noticed at the last second it was loaded with broken glass. Immediately swept the tires but couldn’t get out of the shoulder due to traffic. Thought I was certainly doomed, but the tires made it though the glass area (about 15 feet) unscathed. Great tires.