On Monday, February 11, 2019 at 1:58:26 AM UTC+1, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 1:29:44 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 8:46:18 PM UTC+1, wrote:
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 11:00:07 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:30:40 PM UTC+1, wrote:
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 1:36:33 PM UTC-8, wrote:
On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 6:52:34 PM UTC+1, wrote:
The first is a clincher while the second is a tubeless. Why should a tubeless tire cost more than a clincher?

Not only do they cost more but you can almost buy a pair of the GP4000's that so many people use for the price of a single GP5000S. It's probably more than $100 for a GP5000TL in a shop in case you run over a killer piece of glass in front of a bike shop.

While Continental is the most popular racing tires (Vittoria is actually a better racing tire IMO) the reason I would change is because the MAXXI tubeless tires I'm presently running feel dead. They actually look narrower than a 25 mm Continental but I just went out into the garage and measured them and they are identical. So I guess the Continental is deeper..

They now have Goodyear tubeless tires and perhaps I try those for the Basso. They are a little cheaper and my experience with Goodyear car tires is pretty good even though I'm pretty negative about a lot of things.

In any case, the Continentals are WAY too expensive and while the top of the line Vittoria I have are tubeless I will use them as clinchers on my Colnago.

I guess I will wear the Maxxi's out but only on economic principles.

The 5000S are 41 euros here, the 5000TL 56 euros.

Lou

Where can I buy them from here?

https://www.bike-components.de/en/Co...re-Set-p68415/

Shipping cost to USA euro19,95

Lou

Thanks Lou, I have a set ordered. $120 for a set plus shipping.

You are welcome. 120 usd for a set plus shipping? That is 106 euros, even less than we have to pay including shipping. Damn.

Lou

That is an incredibly low price compared to US prices. The price spread (US versus Europe) on Continental tires is always large -- much more than Michelin. TK owes us a complete review. I'm tubeless curious, although not curious enough to dump that kind of money on a set of road tires.

BTW, now my son wants to dump his carbon wheels and get a good set of aluminum rim wheels. He never liked the braking on long, steep descents. He gets pro deal on Shimano, but the pricing isn't that great -- $1K for C40s. He also gets deals on Mavic, but his cohorts are recommending against. I'm thinking maybe I should build him something on a DT240 hub -- 28 spokes and find a nice rim. What's a good 400-450g rim these days -- something with a little bling so he doesn't get made fun of? Any pre-built wheel brands that are hitting it out of the park? I like the HED Ardenne disc wheels I bought for my Synapse, but I haven't been paying much attention to pre-built wheels in general.

-- Jay Beattie.

After my crash I replaced the rim of my dyno hubbed frontwheel with
https://www.bike-components.de/en/DT...ad-Rim-p64273/
very nice rim. Disc version also available. Would make a very nice wheel combined with a DT240 hub.

Lou