I think the ride quality is a huge downgrade from the Michelin Pro4 tires that I have been riding for the past two years as well as the Vittoria Open Corsa that I am now riding as an experiment, and I also think the Continentals are horrendous with the tread on them and all that colorful logo everywhere, but if I cared much about durability I would probably accept those two negative marks and just run them.

To each his own.