Continental Touring Plus Tires

These tires pretty much suck. They feel like a brake is dragging or riding through mud. Oh, sure, they seem to be quite bulletproof, but so do Continental Gatorskins. The road feel is lacking in the extreme. The tires are so bad that I lose about 2 to 2.5 MPH over the same course. That is a lot.

Lest you think it is the bicycle, I put my 25mm Gatorskins on this bike and got back my 2.5 MPH average.

I have used Schwalbe Marathons and they were reasonably bulletproof, but with even less road feel. I think the Touring Plus compare favorably with the Marathons. As in: they both suck.

If you need absolutely bulletproof and don't care about losing 2 MPH and accelerating like a constipated turd, these are probably a decent tire. Otherwise, there are better choices.