By: Bimol Bee
Submitted: 2012-01-04 11:38:10 | Word Count: 629
It's an interesting fact that continental bike tires are produced not by robots but they are designed and manufactured by experienced and highly professional experts of their business with the usage of high-tech factories. For manufacturing continental bike tires the latest technology for casing rubber compounds, different materials, and tread development are being used.
The professionals who are responsible for manufacturing of high-rate continental tires intend to produce an ultimate tire in terms of its quality, weight, and grip. And fortunately, with the dedication and great experience of these skilled experts, this task seems to be easy to accomplish.
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Company Continental is well-known for manufacturing high-quality durable tires which are used in mountain bikes, as well as for cyclo-cross tires, race tires, and for city/trekking and generally foe all possible terrains. Speaking about the mountain bikes it's necessary to mention several options including those for downhill and free-ride, XC/marathon, specialist, all mountain, and classic range.
If you're looking for appropriate tires for downhill and free ride, it's recommended to use continental bike tires like Der Kaiser-The Emperor. These tires are characterized with their profile design, compound recipe and casing angles. As for the functionality on the road, these tires prove to easily navigate the muddy terrain and rocky slopes of World Cup DH courses. By the way, Der Kaiser is often called the new master of gravity due to its double-walled casing and reather soft and tacky black chili compound.
If you're going for a mountain ride, get ready for this uneasy trip with a Mountain King-the all-rounder. This sort of tires is suitable for all mountain uses due to its 2.4 width. The new black chili compounds produced in Germany are excellent supersonic and protection models which offer additional speed and more opportunities for controlling. These tires will be of great help while riding on the damp bedrock as well.
For sportsmen who are looking forward to the XC/Marathon, it's highly recommended to use the best continental bike tires, for instance, the Race King which is considered to be the new XC world cup champion. The Race King proved to be a talented newcomer.
In 2007, the Irina Kalentieva, Topeak/Ergon took the first prototype to the podium at 2007 UCI World Cup championships. The Race King has a large volume casing mated to a low-profile tread pattern, which is known for its spells speed, and incredible all-round traction and control.
The Vapor 2.1 is perfect for a Classic Range of bisysles, it's the Enduro Specialist. The GravityArc profile consists of the 2.1 carcass which turns Vapor into a marathon tire. This kind of tires is smooth-rolling, reliable, and non-skidding on all possible surfaces.
The Gravity 2.3 is the kind of continental bike tires which are specially designed for classic bicycles. Numerous experts think that tires of 2.3 width are not only functional but also highly versatile. These tires are excellent for the usage on low mountain trails and the alpencross. They have a round tire cross-section which is typical for Continental, as well as the GravityArc tread that is led to a playful handling. The tires of Gravity 2.3 easily turn on curves, that is a great advantage as well.
The CrossCountry tires are perfect for mountain bikes. They prove their functionality being used on muddy trails. Besides, the CrossCountry tires are just excellent for deep surfaces and mud. The CrossCountry continental bike tires tend to sink in until touching firm ground to get the necessary traction. It makes these tires suitable for riding on cyclo-cross races with MTB.
Michelin bicycle tires are differentiated according to the purpose of their usage. This company offers tires for cross country racing, as well as for free ride down hill, cross country performance, enduro racing, and cross country sport.
