Continental Tires
01-26-20 | 10:43 PM
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Continental Tires
Anyone use the Continental Terra Speed tires? I really love continental tires and am excited to see these. Any ride em?
01-27-20 | 11:09 AM
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Yup, have them on my Giant Revolt, they've been great. Very fast for a 40mm gravel tire. Durability remains to be seen, but no issues so far.
I also put a set of Terra Trails on my other wheelset, they're a lil slower due to the larger tread, but still fast, should be good for loose/muddy conditions. The Speeds will most likely be my go-to for most of the gravel riding I do.
I also put a set of Terra Trails on my other wheelset, they're a lil slower due to the larger tread, but still fast, should be good for loose/muddy conditions. The Speeds will most likely be my go-to for most of the gravel riding I do.
01-27-20 | 09:23 PM
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Yup, have them on my Giant Revolt, they've been great. Very fast for a 40mm gravel tire. Durability remains to be seen, but no issues so far.
I also put a set of Terra Trails on my other wheelset, they're a lil slower due to the larger tread, but still fast, should be good for loose/muddy conditions. The Speeds will most likely be my go-to for most of the gravel riding I do.
I also put a set of Terra Trails on my other wheelset, they're a lil slower due to the larger tread, but still fast, should be good for loose/muddy conditions. The Speeds will most likely be my go-to for most of the gravel riding I do.
01-28-20 | 08:25 AM
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Yup, tubeless. I've had them down to 37/47psi with no issues (I'm 185lbs). Haven't hit the really chunky stuff yet to see if I need to drop them a lil lower. For regular/fast gravel that worked well.
I had a set of 43mm Panaracer GravelKing SK+, could be the extra puncture layer that the Plus has, but they felt really slow, so I got rid of them and went for the Speeds. The only other tire I've had are the stock 40mm Giant Crosscuts, which were actually pretty good, the Speeds are a lil faster, but might wear a lil quicker. Always a tradeoff I guess.
Can you give any first hand pro/cons compared to others in the 38-42 range you have tried? I too am always in search of all purpose tires in this range. I swap between a Hutchinson Overide 38, Conti SpeedRide 42 and a Riddler 45 depending on the overall terrain. The Terra might be a good compromise between the last two.
