Continental Ultra 3000

Price Paid:  $0.00 at n/a (OEM 2003 C-dale

Favorite Ride:
one road, 25mi out, 25mi in

Bike Setup:
Cannondale Ironman

Summary:
My OEM 650c tri-bike came with these and I was not impressed. They have have long L-shaped slot treads instead of the short curved ones I am seeing in all the ads. Anthracite grey w/ black sidewalls. Maybe they were from an earlier year.

Strengths:
Only seems suitable for hot-weather, smooth asphalt, hi-psi budget spinning. And maybe the new ones are different?

Weaknesses:
Tread material was made for low resistance, high grip.. so it's hard and sheds, too much silica probably. It had low mileage and a narrow temperature margin makes it practically slick in the cold/wet. My 650 wire bead model was heavy and less like a casing and more like a hoop, it was shifty on the rim and nightmarish with low psi due too overly tall paper-ish sidewall.

Similar Products Used:
Continental Grand Prix (actually a great value)

Price Paid:  $30.00 at LBS

Favorite Ride:
The next one

Bike Setup:
CAAD5 frame, mostly 105 gruppo

Summary:
OK tire, but seems delicate. After only 250mi on typical US suburban roads (pretty smooth), rear tire had obvious wear spots & cuts. Junked tire due to a cut through the casing. I expect more life from a tire.

Strengths:
Smooth ride, decent grip while it lasted

Weaknesses:
Wears and cuts too easily.

Similar Products Used:
Vredenstein, Ritchey, Maxxis, Kenda

Price Paid:  $2190.00 at Netherlands

Favorite Ride:
KOGA MIYATA SUPERWINNER 2003

Bike Setup:
Koga Miyata (Dutch company) Super Winner
Leontien van Moorsel also drives KOGA

Summary:
The Koga Miyata Bike is a great Bike to ride. The tires who goes aloang with the bike are Continental ultra 3000 tires.

After 3800 km in 10 month's they were worn out. Now I use Continental Grand Prix (C-145) (EUR 16.95).

Strengths:
Good performance from the Continental Ultra 3000 en lasted fairly long i think.

Weaknesses:
Just started to ride. I don't know what you can't expect after 3800 km!

Similar Products Used:
Grand Prix (using these tires at the moment)

Price Paid:  $15.00 at Performance

Summary:
Tire performance was fine, but they didn't last long. I probably got 400 miles out of them before I strted getting major cuts completely through the tire.

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
These are the best tires I have ever had. I was riding on Contenental super sonics -- way to many flats. These tire roll just as well as the super sonics and no flats yet - after 600 kms.

Strengths:
Can pump them up to 140 lbs. no problem

Weaknesses:
none

Similar Products Used:
Continental super sonics -- without the flats