Conti GP 5000 35C: a new standard for road frames?

[biceryder]

Yeah, I have read that the Goodyear’s aren’t that awesome.  FWIW, I have only ridden 28F, 30R tires up until this spring.  Been riding a gravel frame primarily for road because the geometry works for me.  Zero issues with the Pirellis.  They obviously have a mild lightbulb effect but feel like my previous TLRs at 28, 30, and 32.

I am a late adopter to the wide road tire trend. Riding in the UK, roads and road surface is not predictable compared to my US/Asia riding experiences.  In the future I will probably build a road bike optimized for 35-38c tires.

[POTOOOOOOOO]

You can always relegate them to winter tyres as theyll be a solid choice for that.

[2wheeledbarbie]

Yeah, I have read that the Goodyear’s aren’t that awesome.  FWIW, I have only ridden 28F, 30R tires up until this spring.  Been riding a gravel frame primarily for road because the geometry works for me.  Zero issues with the Pirellis.  They obviously have a mild lightbulb effect but feel like my previous TLRs at 28, 30, and 32.

I am a late adopter to the wide road tire trend. Riding in the UK, roads and road surface is not predictable compared to my US/Asia riding experiences.  In the future I will probably build a road bike optimized for 35-38c tires.

They are a very good tyre especially as you can get them pretty cheap.  I run 30mm F1 R's at 55psi on 23mm rims and I'm 180lbs.  Only tyre  would change them for are the newer Pirellies because they have a much better puncture protection with slightly better RR. 

[Kovanaama]

Hey!

Which Eastern frames will even fit these 35c Contis? Aero or aero tweaked? 2by or 1by?

They seems to require about 38 WAM clearance. Generally, according to ETRTO and RubberSideUp rim internal width 25-26mm will results with 37-38mm external width.

XMCS VRT, Tavelo Arden, Lightcarbon LCR018. Spect Mira maybe. What Else?

Canyon Endurace SLX 2026 ticks a lot of boxes for me but am looking for options.

[heymarius]

It does feel like road bikes are slowly heading that way. I'd still be a bit cautious about going outside ETRTO though—I'd rather wait until the rim manufacturers start explicitly approving those combinations.

[KRoser]

I just build gravel wheels for my mate with maisve XMCS rims and I had conti 35mm at home for different project so I tried to mount them on those rims. I think in the end it looks pretty cool, pretty much perfect rim tyre combination I might build something like this for myself tyre on back is conti str 32mm on 28mm internal width measures 35mm. That conti 35mm on front on 32.5mm interneal rim width measures exactly 40mm.

I tried this setup on a quick ride with and I pretty much expected to feel no difference, but I really like that feel of grip and confidence that it gives me in fast corners and I really enjoy this setup.
Iam not the best descender in the world, but with this setup I had masive smile on my face on the bottom of my biggest local technical descend , so I think this monster road mullet setup is future for me