Continental has launched the Grand Prix TR tyre. Available in four widths, 25mm, 28mm, 30mm and 32mm, and with black or transparent sidewalls, it’s designed to offer a more affordable tubeless tyre option than the top spec GP5000 S TR and GP5000 AS TR tyres. There’s also a revised Grand Prix tyre for use with tubes, that’s available in 28mm and 30mm widths.
Recommended price for the Grand Prix TR tyre is €61.95 and for the new non-tubeless Grand Prix €45.95, with immediate worldwide availability.
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Dependable all-rounder
Conti’s tubeless tech has previously been confined to its top tier Grand Prix 5000 tyres, but the new Grand Prix TR offers a tyre that it describes as an entry-level tubeless-ready option. It says that the new Grand Prix TR tyre is designed to offer a dependable tyre for training, commuting and long-distance rides.
The tyre uses Conti’s BlackChili rubber compound, as found in its other performance road tyres, but Conti says it’s developed a new four-ply 60 TPI casing to offer low weight with good rolling resistance and puncture protection. There’s a similar Lazer Grip-style tread pattern to Conti’s other road tyres.
According to Hannah Ferle, Road Product Manager at Continental Tyres: ‘With the Grand Prix TR, we’ve brought tubeless-ready technology, strong puncture protection, and excellent rolling resistance to a wider audience.’
There’s a good range of sizes for the new Grand Prix TR too, starting at 25mm and including 28mm, 30mm and 32mm options. You can also choose between black or transparent sidewalls. Conti claims weights starting from 310g for the 25mm width and 345g for the 28mm tyre. That contrasts with a claimed 250g weight for the 25mm Grand Prix 5000 S TR tyre and 300g for the 25mm Grand Prix 5000 AS TR tyre.
With pretty much every road wheelset sold stand-alone or fitted to a new bike now tubeless-ready, Conti’s new tyre should broaden the appeal of ditching inner tubes to a wider range of cyclists. All that should be needed to set up tubeless is a set of valves and tubeless sealant, with Conti recommending at least 30ml of sealant per tyre. Many tubeless tyres can nowadays be seated with a standard track pump and some elbow grease.
The new tyre is also stated to be compatible with hookless rims in all widths, including the narrowest 25mm.
If you do want to stick to the tubes, the new Grand Prix tyre is available for use with inner tubes in 28mm and 30mm widths. The tube-type casing has three 60 TPI plies instead of four, which helps lower the weight to a claimed 285g for the 28mm tyre with black sidewalls.
The new Grand Prix tyre is available worldwide from today, with a suggested retail price of €61.95 per tyre for the tubeless option and €45.95 for the tube-type. That contrasts with prices starting at around €85 for the Grand Prix 5000 TR range.
