Continental Grand Prix 5000 28" Folding Tyre

6 rides, 3 flats in rear 28 mm tyre. Rides were all on wet roads. These tyres eat those little sharp stones from the road in wet condition
So I replaced my rear Tyre with another (not Conti) tyre.

They roll fantastic and are super light but puncture resistancy is bad.

High price but very disappointing puncture resistance. Only recommended as a summer tyre in dry conditions or just as front tyre in wet conditions

March 2019

About 500 kilometers later. No flats, even though I had wet roads, dry roads and temperatures between 4 and 14 degrees . So it were the same conditions as my first rides with the 3 flats. I have a few small cuts in the tyres but no puncture.

The only thing that changed was that my bicycle.

Therefore I adjust the rating to 4 stars because these past kilometers were perfect. So these 3 flats in the beginning were or bad luck or maybe a problem with the rear wheel of my former bicycle. I will never know.

And because of fairness towards Bike-components and Continental who were very helpfull, I adjust the rating to 4 stars.
They still are very comfortable and the 28 mm tyres measure 29 mm on my dtswiss r470db wheels.