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Continental Competition Tubs

  • 23-03-2010 1:15pm
    #1
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭


    Anyone used these? they get good reviews... which are best suited for our fine roads..19mm or 22mm?


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  • #2
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Blorg has a pair on his Zipps and has been saying nice things about them.

    If it were me, I'd definitely get the 22mm.


  • #3
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    mloc123 wrote: »
    Anyone used these? they get good reviews... which are best suited for our fine roads..19mm or 22mm?

    I've ridden them for years. Nice tyre. Not a lightweight low rolling resistance, but I tried them for a year and they are too light for irish roads. Best comprimise between performance and durablity in a tub.

    Definitely 22m, more comfortable and more aerodynamic


  • #4
    Quigs Snr
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    Yep, used these and had no problems. 22mm all the way, as Tunney says, they are actually more aerodynamic too... Plus less chance of death by pothole.


  • #5
    tunney
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    Just released on 20/3/2010
    http://biketechreview.com/tires/rolling-resistance/475-roller-data

    While I have some issues with the testing protocol its generally accepted to be valid.

    Conti comps will "cost" you 6watts per wheel over the fastest tyre (which is a tub)

    However the fatest tyres can be shredded in seconds.


  • #6
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    They are pretty puncture resistant too?


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  • #7
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    mloc123 wrote: »
    They are pretty puncture resistant too?

    For a race tyre


  • #8
    blorg
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    I have used them just for five races but they seem to roll very nicely, indeed the ride is phenomenal, better than anything else I have tried. Have never used another tubular mind and the wheels are the other variable that is new. I am only using them for races.


  • #9
    columbus_66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 823 ✭✭✭columbus_66


    Conti Competitions are a very good tub but my favourite is the Vittoria CX 23c in black. It is not as dear as the Conti but is a good size for taking potholes. I think the CX 21c is too small for Irish roads. A friend of mine had the Conti GP4000 tub in 22c but is was too small and he punctured 2 of them by getting pinch flats. The Conti Cpmpetition 22c seems to be a bit bigger but still not as big as the vittoria.


  • #10
    Home:Ballyhoura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,702 ✭✭✭Home:Ballyhoura


    FWIW, I got cheap 2nd hand tubular wheels and like blorg, and the ride is fantastic in comparison (I'm the same as him, I don't know which variable is the reason, probably a combination of the two) but to answer your question, I have gone through 3 Vittoria CXs with less than 200km done on them after I being told they were the best money can buy! Since I got the wheels, there has been a Continental Sprinter on the back which has been trouble free after around 2000km and now on the front is a Conti Competition which seems really excellent and much better then the Vittoria equivalent (or else I was just extremely unlucky, three times! :D)...plus I got them for €30 each brand new on Weight Weenies so they were good value but I wouldn't spend this much usually on a tub if I was to get them for CRC, Wiggle etc (€60 each)

    EDIT: 22c all the way!


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