Continental Gatorskin Folding Tyre
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Standard Untracked Delivery - Royal Mail
€3.50
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Tracked Delivery - Royal Mail
€12.29
Continental Gatorskin Folding Tyre
The Gatorskin is famous as a hard wearing, puncture protected tyre designed for fast riding and commuting. It’s probably the most popular road bike tyre in the UK (maybe Europe) with its cut-resistant Duraskin and Kevlar-reinforced layers. This tyre is ideal for training, commuting, winter riding and even sportives.
The smooth rolling tread which provides exceptional grip in both wet and dry conditions makes it a winter and all-year favourite. It’s well worth your while fitting Gatorskins for winter because of the minimal risk of puncturing and you having to be changing tubes in the bitter cold.
Duraskin protective shield
The Duraskin® external mesh forms a protective shield over the entire casing to help prevent cuts, punctures and abrasions. It’s a lightweight cut-resistant layer which gives the Gatorskin its distinctive brown sidewalls.
PolyX Breaker protection
This densely woven Polyester fibre provides some of the Gatorskin's puncture protection and stops debris penetrating beyond the tread.
Once known as the Ultra Gatorskin, before the new GatorHardshell was introduced, there are also wider options to add a little extra comfort to your ride. This folding bead Gatorskin is lighter than the rigid bead version.
Free standard shipping available on this item plus Next Day and Tracked options.
Key Features
- High mileage, durable and fast rolling tyre.
- Exceptional grip in wet and dry conditions
- Duraskin® cut-resistant layer from bead to bead.
- Highly puncture-resistant construction.
- 180 thread per inch casing with Kevlar-reinforced layer directly under the tread.
- Four widths for all requirements.
- Quality German made natural rubber tread.
Tyre Sizes and Weights
700x23 220g.
700x25 250g.
700x28 320g.
700x32 325g.
Recommended inner tubes
We recommend Continental inner tubes which are available in a range of relevant sizes.
Ribble Guides
The Continental Gatorskin made into into our top eight autumn, winter and wet weather tyres. Read here.
About the Continental brand
Continental supplies tyres to a large percentage of the UCI World Tour teams as well as several UK-based UCI Continental teams. Continental is the only bicycle tyre manufacturer in Germany and one of the last major bicycle tyre manufacturers in Europe. Over 100 years of experience in the manufacturing of bicycle tyres has made Continental into the unique, outstanding company that it is today.
| Brand | Continental |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Road |
| Wheel Size | 700c |
| Colour | Black/Black |
| Size | 700x25mm, 700x28mm, 700x32mm |
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Higly competitive priceGreat product...higly competitive price. Very quick with postage. Great service.
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Good quality tyre for a great price!This tyre is a huge improvement on the standard tyres which came with the bike I purchased a few months ago and after shopping around online I couldn't find anywhere which sold this tyre cheaper. Since I bought the tyre I'm yet to have a puncture, so it is well worth the money if your prone to getting a flat tyre.
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Ideal for commutingI've use these tyres now in all the 700c sizes for about 8 years.
They are always excellent. Rolling resistance is very good. Puncture resistance is good too. I do still get a puncture about once a year, but far fewer than with other tyres.
I now only use 32c width. I've found the wider tyres makes no difference to speed but is so much more comfortable and possible slightly more puncture resistant. -
Helpful service from start to finish with a competitive priceI ordered some winter tyres for my road bike, Continental Gatorskins, which I have used before. Ribble were the most competitively priced for a pair and given that the product is Continental I generally go with the cheapest outlet. Ribble's service was excellent and even when I had a query with customer service I had a response from them within a couple of hours. Product arrived as expected.
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Very helpful thanks GrantHello things went wrong when I accidentally ordered wrong tyre, Grant stepped into action sorted it out, wth plenty of emails , thanks very much Ribble a great company you can trust to help when needed....many thanks
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- Do I need inner tube? What size?
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Hi,
Thanks for your enquiry,
The size of inner tube you require is dependent upon the size of tyre you run and the depth of your wheel rim. You will see inner tubes described for example as being 700 x 18/25 or 700 x 25/32. The first figure is the wheel size of 700c road, the 2nd 2 sets of figures are the the width each tube is designed to suit.
They will also be described as a valve length 42, 60mm or 80mm.
Team Ribble
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- Will a 32c tyre fit my dawes giro 300 road bike. I have usually used 23 or possibly 25c tyres. Very happy to have wider fit but wondering if they would only be suitable for hybrid/commuter style bike.
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Hi,
Thanks for your inquiry,
We are not familiar with this model of bike sorry so we cannot confirm for sure sorry. However, as this appears to be a road-specific model and not a tourer and is fitted with caliper brakes it is unlikely to accept a 32mm tyre. Most road caliper brakes will only cope with a maximum of 28mm tyres. If you have 28mm tyres already fitted you may need to judge how much clearance you have for yourself or ask for a second opinion from a fellow cyclist.
Team Ribble
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- Would a 28 or 32mm version of this tyre fit on the Mavic Askium rims fitted to my Gran Fondo bought in 2017?
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Hi,
If you have a disc Gran Fondo I believe the maximum tyre clearance is 28mm, and on caliper brakes I think it is a 25mm.
They will definitely fit on the rim, it is a question of whether they will fit to the frame.
Best regards,
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