Originally Posted by Silvercivic27

That's fine, I totally get that. What I will say is that I have had Gatorskins unravel on me, I have been through Dozens of Gp4000s and never had that problem. I have a friend/teammate who won't use Contis for the same reason. That being said, that tire is definitely one of the most popular choices for cyclists who are at all serious about performance. If the tires sucked, natural selection would have killed them off. Re: latex, I've used plenty of latex and I cannot say that the puncture rate was noticeably different between the two. I've punctured both, and frankly, for most punctures, it would have flatted anything. I've even flatted tubeless. I personally only get about 1-2 punctures a season on average, so a reduction of punctures probably isn't really a big deal. The ride is noticeably a little more plush, but nothing dramatic. Don't expect to be floating on a cloud. Can you really "feel" 1-2 watts per wheel, 2-4 watts less effort total? I don't know, but I doubt I'd be able to feel that. There are some things that you don't necessarily need to try to see if it works out for you or not because it doesn't make much sense in the first place. I don't need to try heroin to know it isn't going to work for me.