Thread: What is happening with bicycle tire prices?
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Old 03-19-24, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by icemilkcoffee
You are telling me you used to buy Continental GP5000's for ~$36 3 years ago? I rather doubt that.
I bought gp5k 25mm tires on Feb 26 '21 for $41.95 per tire from BikeTiresDirect/WesternBikeworks.
That isn't $36 per tire, but it isn't far off.

Side note- the tires have been awesome. The helmet was awful and was immediately sent back. Terrible retention cage design that moved on its own.


ETA- the tires were advertised back then as $79.95 msrp.
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