The best all-rounder in the field on a completely new performance level. With the Continental Grand Prix 5000 folding tyres you drive faster, more comfortably and even more puncture-proof. Made to make you better.

Features - Grand Prix 5000

• Advanced BlackChili compound for lowest rolling resistance, high mileage and maximum wet grip
• LazerGrip - Lets you become one with the road
• ActiveComfort - absorbs shocks and provides an outstanding driving experience
• VectranBreaker - High-tech fibre now offers even better puncture protection
• Made in Germany

Grand Prix 5000 vs 4000 SII

• 12% better rolling resistance
• 20% better puncture protection
• -10g lighter [25-622]
• Increased comfort

Product features

• Use: Road
• Type: Folding tyres
• Technique: Vectran Breaker
• Compound: Black Chili
• Pressure:
  • 6,5 - 8,5 Bar (25-622)
• TPI: 3/330

Technologies
Vectran Breaker - The benchmark in puncture protection
Vectran™ is a synthetically manufactured high-tech fibre from a natural model. Like spider silk, Vectran™ is a liquid-crystalline polymer (LCP). Vectran™ is spun from the melted liquid polymer Vectra and processed further to a multi-strand thread. Spider silk like Vectran™ has an enormous tear resistance at a very low weight: Exactly the right properties to process into a premium Continental bicycle tire as a puncture protection insert. A Vectran™ Breaker is lighter, more flexible and protects more effectively against cuts than the comparable nylon breaker. Vectran™ Breaker does not adversely affect the rolling resistance.

BlackChili Compound - It’s all about how you mix it
The crucial balance. The rolling properties of the rubber compound of a tyre are primarily determined by three interacting factors – stiction [grip], rolling resistance and mileage [longevity] . The dilemma: If you improve any of these factors it can have a detrimental effect on at least one of the others. A tyre with maximum grip wears quicker and rolls more slowly. If you then make a tyre roll faster and more durable, grip, in turn, is reduced.