Ultra GatorSkin Tyres

[ACS]

Currently Hellfords have Continental Ultra GatorSkin 700 x 28 Bike tyres for £5 each.

Setting the place of purchase aside are these tyres any good?

Bit confused, low price but the forum appears to be silent on this apparent 'bargain'.

Regards to all

 

[jimboalee]

Occasionally, Continental need to dispose of a load of 'Factory seconds'. I buy Conti inners like this. The Presta thread pin is slightly bent. No problems. They still hold air.

Tyres are a different matter. Screaming down a hill at 40 mph, you don't want the bead to come adrift. A first inspection, there appears nothing wrong with them, but when they've 110 psi inside them ?????

£5 sounds too low. Approach with scepticism.

 

[ACS]

yep

Eloquent

 

[Baggy]

There was a thread here:

http://cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=19846

If they were factory seconds, wouldn't they have to sell them as such?

 

[ACS]

There was a thread here:

http://cyclechat.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=19846

If they were factory seconds, wouldn't they have to sell them as such?

Thank you, I missed this thread first time round. I think I may give this 'bargain' a miss.

 

[Tynan]

had a pair new and full price, gave tem away after two weeks for a couple of reasons, some like some don't, flats, cutting and letting go in the wet

 

[gbb]

Asking about tyres here Satans Budgie, is like asking if members like Marmite...some love em, some hate em with a vengeance.
Me, i like them (Gators and Marmite )
My last 3 sets of tyres have all been Gators. Undeniably fast, really quite good puncture protection, although i have slit one tyre....but who's to say ANY tyre wouldnt have been slit by a shard of glass.

Slippy in the wet ? Maybe...but not that ive noticed to any degree. I had one quite bad slip as i cranked it round a bend at speed ...but there was a manhole i'd just ran over...thats what caused the problem i believe. I also slipped at very slow speed on a wet manhole. Bloomin dangerous things.

Two incidents in 8 years...not even worth mentioning really.

Winter, summer, dry and wet..i use them all year round, and will continue to do.

On the price aspect...£5...you probably couldnt buy a Kenda cheap and nasty tyre for £5...why on earth wouldnt you buy a Conti Gator They couldnt possibly be a better bargain at £5. (considering may last 23Cs cost me £20 each at the LBS)

There may be better tyres than the Gator...but NOT at £5 each.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

As far as I am aware yes they would. I guess they could claim ignorance of teh fact and bounce you between Conti and themselves. That said a 2nds Conti is still going to be better than a regular Halfrauds tyre by a mile. IMHOO

If they were factory seconds, wouldn't they have to sell them as such?

 

[Tharg2007]

Asking about tyres here Satans Budgie, is like asking if members like Marmite...some love em, some hate em with a vengeance.

hands up who doesn't like tyres?

 

[ACS]

hands up who doesn't like tyres?

With or without marmite?