Continental Contact Speed Tyre Wire Bead

Cycles UK £27.45

Colour: BLACK/BLACK
Out of Stock

First seen in Nov 2023

Description

The Continental Contact Speed Tyre Wire Bead is a super fast looking city slicker that turns any bike into a racer. Helping bike messengers meet those tight deadlines or fitness riders who require a faster tyre than the original knobbly tyres that their bike was supplied with.Puncture protection and reliability is taken care of thanks to Continentals renowned hard wearing tread compound and two SafetySystem anti puncture layers beneath the tread.An improved 180 tpi (threads per inch) nylon casing increases speed and comfort. This is because the finer casing material deforms more quickly around imperfections in the road surface compared to a lower tpi casing. This feature also improves puncture resistance.The CONTACT Speed also features a skinwall sidewall. Most city/trekking tyres use a gumwall meaning lots of rubber in the sidewall to improve sidewall puncture resistance. A skinwall sidewall is much faster than a gumwall but just a little forward thinking is needed to avoid scuffing k...