New Continental 5000S Tires - Tubeless Compatible

[TobinHatesYou]

Any suggestions for a thin lever?

Regular levers are fine. bm0p700f is just an IRC fan, so he's convinced himself their "tubeless specific" levers are somehow crucial. I use Pedro's levers at home for problematic tires, and Schwalbe levers in my emergency kit because they are small. Better yet, I will probably just use tires I know can be mounted/unmounted without levers at all.

[AJS914]

Has anyone put the 5000 TL on a Farsports rim?

[deepakvrao]

Anyone mounted the 5000tl on a Light Bicyclce 56mm rim with the inner width of 23mm?

[deepakvrao]

Any suggestions for a thin lever?

Regular levers are fine. bm0p700f is just an IRC fan, so he's convinced himself their "tubeless specific" levers are somehow crucial. I use Pedro's levers at home for problematic tires, and Schwalbe levers in my emergency kit because they are small. Better yet, I will probably just use tires I know can be mounted/unmounted without levers at all.

I never have an issue mounting even a tough tyre. I use that tyre jack thingie. Its the removal that kills me. Sometimes, I just cant get a lever under the edge.

Are those VAR levers, IRC levers. or the Crank Brothers speedier tool easier for tyre removal?

[ryanw]

Pedro levers are the only ones I use now. I have tried them all and overlooked Pedro's due to their cheap price. How wrong was I?!

[ilikegreen]

Bought the Contis 5000 TLs because I loved my 4000s over the last 10 years.

Then returned them for a set of Schwalbe Pro Ones. Couldn't even get the first bead over the rim with the Continentals - 2 people, 3 tyre levers, lots of tactics based upon this thread and a combined 80+ years of all sorts of mechanical experience (including bicycles) between us

Maybe the performance of the Continentals makes up for the extra 100g (pair) and 60% price premium over the Schwalbe. But it's a moot point when it won't fit.

Just as well Tubeless deals with punctures because there's zero chance of a roadside repair with my bike. On the plus side I don't have to even make the decision about whether to add weight by carrying a spare tube. It'll just be the mobile phone and credit card for a taxi.

[TobinHatesYou]

Just saw another photo of a GP5000 TL with a huge vertical sidewall tear. I guess Continental tires will be Continental tires.

[Marin]

It'll just be the mobile phone and credit card for a taxi.

Carry tire worms, they will easily & quickly fix 9 out of 10 flats that don't seal by themselves.

[jih]

Anyone mounted the 5000tl on a Light Bicyclce 56mm rim with the inner width of 23mm?

Not the 56mm deep, but same internal width. Came up at 27.66mm with a 25mm GP5000TL. Fit was tight but not ridiculously so.

[deepakvrao]

Anyone mounted the 5000tl on a Light Bicyclce 56mm rim with the inner width of 23mm?

Not the 56mm deep, but same internal width. Came up at 27.66mm with a 25mm GP5000TL. Fit was tight but not ridiculously so.

A Light Bicycle rim? If so, which one?

[jih]

Anyone mounted the 5000tl on a Light Bicyclce 56mm rim with the inner width of 23mm?

Not the 56mm deep, but same internal width. Came up at 27.66mm with a 25mm GP5000TL. Fit was tight but not ridiculously so.

A Light Bicycle rim? If so, which one?

Yes but actually it is with an internal width of 21mm, 28mm external. So expect wider still.

[deepakvrao]

Not to turn this into a tubeless for dummies thread, once you insert the plug and getting home, do you keep using the tyre? At normal pressure?

I started my tubeless experiment last month and got a long cut two weeks in. Sealant didn’t do it. I put in worms, but beyond ~45 psi it stopped sealing. Also pressure on worms kept un sealing at low pressure.

So I replaced the tyre. And have dynaplug on order.

Curious about best practice around this.


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Those 'worms' never worked for me at anything higher than about 40psi, while Dynaplugs hold even at 100, though I ride at about 75.

[Sock3t]

Just saw another photo of a GP5000 TL with a huge vertical sidewall tear. I guess Continental tires will be Continental tires.

Link please?

Mine have held up fantastic.

The grip still sucks in crit racing.

[TobinHatesYou]

Just saw another photo of a GP5000 TL with a huge vertical sidewall tear. I guess Continental tires will be Continental tires.

Link please?

Mine have held up fantastic.

The grip still sucks in crit racing.

Looks just like the common sidewall gashes/tears some of us get on GP4Ks. There is very slight scuffing around the gash, so I'm assuming the tire was leaned against something and a bit of the casing was abraded by that... Then the casing split on its own sometime later.

Also yep, I skipped my rear wheel in dry, 65F/18C conditions pedaling out of a fast 90 degree corner in a crit this weekend. I'm almost certainly not sticking with GP5Ks because of all these little issues like grip, bead tightness, and now more evidence that Conti hasn't addressed its sidewall issues.

[Sock3t]

My problem is they can't be beat for tubeless rolling resistance. I do miss the turbo cotton grip.

Hoping the new Vittoria tubeless are worth a crap.