GP4000s an improvement over Gators ?

[gbb]

I fancy some new tyres. Gators have always performed well for me, I think the last 3 or 4 sets of tyres ive brought have all been Gators but maybe its time to try something a little different, preferably better.
Puncture protection...not so important, I rarely get them(touch wood).
Good rolling speed, or fast is probably more important to me (im trying to regain lost fitness, I dont want sluggish tyres hampering me)

Are the GPs better in anyones experience ?

 

[Pikey]

GPs are soft, fast and lovely. By comparison I found gators like wrapping my wheel in a wooden tube.
They certainly felt more responsive to me.

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Interesting...
Since I moved over here I am looking at any possible gain.. This hills are going to kill me..!!!

 

[Milkfloat]

Without doubt a huge difference.

 

[GinaC]

Fantastic tyres - fast and grippy although just had to swap mine as got quite cut up this winter. They did do in excess of 4000 miles but winter proved too much

 

[Fab Foodie]

From reading around GP 4000's seem to be the holy grail of: Lightweight, low rolling resistance, good grip and good p*ncture resistance. I think it's a pretty safe bet that they will be far superior to Gatorskins in all aspects apart from ultimate fairie protection.

 

[Jimidh]

My favourite tyres for all of the reasons posted above - they are pretty puncture proof too.

 

[DCLane]

I prefer GP4000s to any other tyre. Unfortunately my youngest's just taken my new spare set for his race wheels.

 

[gbb]

Excellent, thanks all for the replies. I'd done the homework and narrowed down what I thought were good options...nice to see peeps think there is a gain, not just advertising speak from the suppliers / manufacturers.

 

[DRHysted]

I have them o two of my bikes in different widths, absolutely love them.

 

[MikeW-71]

I love mine. And you can get them in 28mm width now

 

[Jenkins]

I love mine. And you can get them in 28mm width now

You've probably just cost me £60+ with that news!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Excellent, thanks all for the replies. I'd done the homework and narrowed down what I thought were good options...nice to see peeps think there is a gain, not just advertising speak from the suppliers / manufacturers.

It could be that they are just taken in by the advertising and don't have a clue what they are on about

 

[EasyPeez]

Puncture protection...not so important, I rarely get them(touch wood)

Possibly at least in part because of your current tyre choice?!

GP4000IIs generally get rated as the best road tyre out there by the press. A couple of blokes in my riding group have stopped using them because of issues with the side walls bulging.

 

[Milkfloat]

This site might be of interest. You can compare 3 tyres at a time:

http://www.bicyclerollingresistance...-ii-2014-vs-schwalbe-one-vguard-clincher-2014