Originally Posted by
Chancy
Folks,
Any experience with 4000 IIS & Continental GP 4 Seasons? We are currently riding on Continental GP 4 Seasons in 700x28mm (folding). If we switched to the 4000 IIS (700x28mm) would there be a noticeable improvement in ride quality? We ride a Santana Beyond and this would be day rides, no touring (we will tour with the Continental GP 4 Seasons or Gatorskins). One important note, we are a 350 lb team, can we use the 4000 IIS or are we too heavy? What do you guys think?
285 lb. team. We run 28mm 4000IIs in summer which measure almost 32mm on our 23mm rims. Yes, I think you'd be fine on those tires.
In winter, we have run 28mm 4-Seasons. They felt slow to me. We switched to 28mm Vittoria Rubino Pro Tech III for winter use, which we like better. We've done loaded camping tours on the Pro Tech tires, worked fine.
I see that Conti now makes the 4-Seasons in 32mm. Might be worth a try and also might have some new tech, better than the older models.