New Continental 5000S Tires - Tubeless Compatible

[spartan]

vittoria fans. corsa control/g+ 25/28 tubeless tires are coming in spring. check out the thread in the road forum

[dim]

My 5000 TL felt a bit ‘hard’ (coming from Corsa clinchers). What’s other people’s opinion about the comfort of these new 5000 TL? Was expecting more comfort.

what pressures are you using?, and what width tyres are you using?

[parajba]

75PSI, 25mm on Roval CLX50 (20.7mm internal and 29.4mm external). I am 69kg.

[SchallUndRauch]

Very interesting! What sealant are you using? Do they stay on the rim when they deflate?

Orange Seal Endurance, and yes, on a LightBicycle (Chinese) carbon rim.

[Marin]

Orange Seal Endurance, and yes, on a LightBicycle (Chinese) carbon rim.

Excellent, same as what I'll be using. I need 32s and don't want to wait for April, plus I can do without the extra weight

[Sock3t]

Why are these tyres so difficult to find the US? (Tubeless in 28's)

[SchallUndRauch]

Lots of demand, limited supply...

[bm0p700f]

32mm tyres due tuesday. Finally I'll have all of them.

[dim]

32mm tyres due tuesday. Finally I'll have all of them.

I will be in touch tomorrow morning .... my son wants a set of 25mm GP5000 TL

[ongbenghui]

Anyone tried to unmount the GP5000TL yet ?

Geez, this is the hardest tyres I ever mounted.

[SchallUndRauch]

No one should be advocating running a road tyre that's not tubeless, tubeless and saying after a week it fine. The bead on the non tubeless tyre is not the same and that's were the issue can be. If your going to run tubeless great tlget a tubeless tyre. If your not great then use frickin inner tubes in the non tubeless tyre.

After quite a lot of positive experiences with non-tubeless road tires run tubeless, I am swinging round to your view. Running non-tubeless tubeless IS possible, but after yesterday's experience, my confidence is not what it used to be: While descending at high speed through a turn, the bike sudeenly started feeling wobbly. I carefully decelerated to find that the lateral forces during the turn had pushed the front tire from the rim sufficiently for the tire to loose air. There was a ring of fresh sealant all around the rim, and pressure was way down. That of course could have gone really wrong. I gave it a full CO2 and rode home slowly. It's tubes for me now, until I can get the proper TL Contis.
Now before going "told you so, stupid" - appreciate my honesty

[dim]

32mm tyres due tuesday. Finally I'll have all of them.

You need to stock more 25's .... I tried to buy 2 on friday, but you only had 1 in stock, so I ended up getting them from Germany

[mrirocz]

Just installed them on my new build. I was able to install them on DT Swiss ARC carbon wheelset without a lever, but it was definitely a struggle. Once they went on, they inflated with a floor pump and no sealant and have kept their pressure for several days so far.

[bm0p700f]

More 25's arriving next week. I have more if these than most shops. No else in the u.k has reliable supply. I can't have millions of everything. My pockets are not infinately deep.
edit in fact i ran out of stock for two to be baught because the other got sold.

[bm0p700f]

Tubeless tyres should be tight. If you used soapy water instalation would be easier.

On a dt rim the fit has to be tight. With sealant the tyre will be glued in place and should hopefully be retained if you loose pressure on the road. Conti to be fair to them have sized the tyre well. I prefer a tighter fit though.