New Continental GP5000 S TR is hookless compatible but the brand wants you to follow the rules

Continental is encouraging education over recommended tyre pressure, if you are going to run a hookless tyre and rim - so we decided to show readers what happens if you don't

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(Image credit: Left, Cycling Weekly, Right, Continental)

Up until now, the Continental GP5000 has been the go-to example used in the arguments against hookless rims: “not all tyres are compatible, the GP5000 being a notable exclusion,” is a sentence cycling journalists have had saved in the copy/paste bank for a while now.

Whether due to desire, or due to pressure from wheel brands, Continental has now resolved that: the new Grand Prix 5000 S TR is compatible with hookless rims. It is also reportedly faster and lighter due to a move from a three-ply construction, to two. 

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