{"id":361,"date":"2011-06-26T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgc.co\/2011\/06\/continental-gatorskin-tyres-review\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T22:20:00","slug":"continental-gatorskin-tyres-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2011\/06\/26\/continental-gatorskin-tyres-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Continental GatorSkin Tyres Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
Of course, I seriously underestimated the staff and, one rim profile being slightly different from another, I was about to discover just how hard installing a new tyre could be. There was many a curse and even the hint of petulant throwing of my (now bent) tyre levers across the workshop. <\/p>\n
Once on, the Continental GatorSkins looked smick, especially now I had front and back matching, with the carbon black on top and brown side-webbing (not shown in Continental’s photo below). At 28mm these guys are just about perfect for fixie riding. I’ve run skinny-arse road racing tyres on my fixie (of the 22-23mm variety) and I’ve run some chunky-arse 38mm tyres and really it’s somewhere in between that the perfect tyre for fixies can be found. For most frames a 28mm is just about the biggest you’ll comfortably fit, and that extra size over the skinny racer tyre gives you some comfort and puncture resistance that is vital when you’re commuting or fucking up your first fixie tricks.<\/p>\n