Continental Ultra Sport III - Black - Road Bike Tire | Versatile Road Tire with Modern Tread Design - E25 Ebike Rated - PureGrip, 2 Pack

These tires are an unbelievable value for everyday road tires. They are very comfortable and offer exceptional grip in both wet and dry. Excellent wear life as well, delivering over 4000 miles on the rear wheel before needing to be replaced. They are not race tires but honestly, they certainly roll fast enough to race without holding you back. Sure, they probably have a higher rolling resistance than Conti 5000s, or most performance tires, but most riders will never notice. There is no puncture protection belt but the tread is thicker than average so this helps with lowering puncture risk while delivering a very smooth ride feel. Considering they are about 1/4 the cost of Conti 5000s and last at least 25% longer, with a supple carcass that feels very smooth, the value is incredible. If you need absolutely the highest performance for racing, then get the 5000s, otherwise, these will more than satisfy 95% of the riding public.

Excelente producto me gustaron, son de buena calidad y agarran bien la carretera con lluvia

Except for what follows at the end of this review these tires are fabulous. In spite of a fine matrix tread I've traveled 100 miles+ in NYC so far without incident. I can't see any obvious wear. No flats yet. I was worried they might be a tad too big because I have V-groove rims, but they were fine - nice and snug, and they easily handle 80 psi. I tried 90 and they were fine. I only use 80 to be sure.I rated these 4 stars instead of 5 because strangely enough they leave brown streaked stains (not black) on my linoleum tiled floor. They're impossible to get out. Bartender's Friend, Comet, and powerful grout remover all failed, even with an abrasive pad and water. I had to use a single edged razor blade and re-wax the stained area. Now I'm keeping a mat where I park in my apartment. No stains so far.I'm pretty sure the stains are not caused by skidding the tires because who skids their tires as they walk their bike into the apartment... Not me. If they were caused by skidding there would be less of them and of varying sizes. There were 30 or 40 of them all about 1/4" wide by 2" long - like shooting stars - a chemical reaction to me, each time the tire sat there.Image attached is of one stray mark. i forgot to take a photograph of the grouping of 40 marks before removing them. This mark is too symmetrical and of exactly the same size as the others to be a skid. It's chemical. Linoleum reacting with the tire composition. The black mark next to the brown tire stain is a shoe scuff.5 stars otherwise.

Continental is my first choice in cycling tires. I generally ride Gatorskins but needed a little heavier tire for my all-carbon road bike. These tires performed flawlessly right out of the box. Very smooth ride and handled the road with ease.

My five stars is based on the value proposition of these tires. Compared to GP 5000’s they are obviously not as nice, but if you’re looking for a really solid bike tire that doesn’t cost the same as your car’s tires, these are great.I am running them on two rim brake bikes both with carbon wheels and tpu inner tubes. The tires are 28mm which is a size up from 23mm on my tt bike and 25mm on my road bike. I upgraded my road bike to 28mm Elite 2.0 carbon wheels when I upgraded to this tire width. The most noticeable thing at this width has been riding comfort.This is just a solid budget friendly tire.