Road tire Folding tire Grand Prix 5000 Continental

Road tire Folding tire Grand Prix 5000 Continental

The Continental Grand Prix 5000 is pure efficiency: time and track specialists benefit from its first-class rolling characteristics.
Absolute Competition-tires with reduced mileage, without additional puncture protection.

It's all in the mix.

This tire revolutionized the cycling scene with its unique tread compound, which is only produced in Germany. The legendary BlackChili compound has provided a lasting answer to the eternal question of grip versus rolling resistance.

Regular test victories for the Grand Prix 5000 prove the measurable and tangible benefits for drivers in the laboratory and on the road. The latest polymers as well as specially developed carbon black particles and fillers guarantee unique performance.

The mixture

The crucial question in cycling. The running properties of a tire's rubber compound are largely determined by three interacting factors - static friction [grip], rolling resistance and mileage. The dilemma: If one of these factors is improved, at least one other factor deteriorates in return. A tire with maximum grip wears more quickly and rolls more slowly. If you make the tire faster or more durable, its grip is reduced.

With the BlackChili Compound, a tread compound that is always based on the latest findings in polymer and raw material research, Continental has provided the cycling scene with a lasting answer. Depending on the area of use of a tire, Continental tunes the compound recipe specifically - whether for road bikes or mountain bikes, for time trials or downhill.

For BlackChili, they refine special synthetic rubbers with proven natural rubber to create particularly high-performance tread compounds. They then add carbon black particles to these compounds, which in turn are optimized in terms of shape and surface properties. The complex compound technology is so sensitive that tires with BlackChili Compound are produced exclusively in Korbach.

The Vectran puncture protection

The Competition Tour-de-France-Edition has a special puncture protection consisting of Vectran. Vectran is a high-tech fiber developed by Continental, which is synthetically produced based on a model from nature. Vectran is a liquid crystalline polymer like spider silk. Vectran is spun from the molten liquid polymer Vectra and processed into a multi-fiber yarn. Vectran has an enormous tensile strength at the lowest weight. It therefore has the perfect properties to be used as a puncture protection insert in a top Continental tire. A Vectran breaker protects more effectively against cuts than comparable nylon breakers and is nevertheless lighter and more flexible. The rolling resistance is not affected and the tire can develop its full potential.

Lazer Grip

Let you become one with the road. The laser-cut micro-tread pattern concentrates on the shoulder area of the tire, giving you increased cornering grip.

On request, we can mount the tires on the wheelset or enclose them separately. Just ask us.