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Gp5000as Vs gp5000
I just wanted to post a mini review of the new gp5000as tires last year. I put the GP5000s on my gravel bike for road use and they're absolutely amazing but they were very puncture prone. This year as I wanted the 35 mm wide tires I had to go for the as version as they didn't do the s version in the 35 mm., Although the as version is slightly heavier than the s version, I haven't really noticed it out on the road. But what I have noticed is after doing several 200 km plus rides and lots of 100 km plus rides. I haven't yet had a single puncture. There's a gash in my back tire about 4 mm long and that's it. By this time with the previous s versions of the gp5000, I think I had patched them and plugged them multiple times and was pretty much getting a puncture every other ride.
It's also not a difference of riding style either. This weekend on the way back from the London to Brighton, I decided to take the scenic route and assumed that national cycle routes were all paved. It turns out that I managed to do a 75 kilometre gravel epic with a 50 km road section at the end in addition to the London to Brighton.
Honestly, whilst the London to Brighton was really fun and I'm going to do it again next year. I'm probably not going to accidentally do a gravel epic on the way home. Next year I think I'll just cycle back either the same route or a slightly different one but all on roads 🙂
Anyway, the gp5000 as tires have my seal of approval!
I have some 5000AS as a winter tyre and have a similar experience. However I am trying some Corsa Pro as a summer tyre in place of the 5000S and they haven’t even got any surface cuts after 1000km on the same roads. Literally none. I’m well impressed. I’m not convinced they’re quite as fast but I’ve no actual evidence to back that up, they’re on a completely different bike too so it’s probably just my imagination. Puncture wise, outstanding though.
I have recently put an AS on the rear as was also finding the S too fragile (although I seem to be in the habit of rising down stretches of gravel tracks). Still got an S on the front, this combo is no slower for me.
Double post
I used the 3000/4000 over the years and very few punctures compared to most branded, the were like soft F1 tyres if you scraped them with your fingernail and major flatspot if a car pulled out right in front of you
23mm or 25 if you could find them they were Twiggy like