About Continental Gatorskin Hardshell Folding Tyre
Go hardshell or go home. Ideal when it comes to extremely long service life, for the next tour or the commute. Made for for rough surfaces and rugged tarmac. With DuraSkin® sidewall reinforcement (comes in black with Continental's Black Edition).

Features
Hardshell ProTection: Puncture protection and mileage are the strengths of Hardshell ProTection. A wider PolyX Breaker™, the specialist against punctures, under the tread centre and shoulders provides for great reliability. The three-ply – each layer with 60 TPI – carcass covers the entire tyre and makes it a real bastion against urban detritus. The outer sidewalls of the tyre are reinforced with DuraSkin® fabric providing even more reliablility due to the casing being so well protected. Hardshell tyres are the puncture-resistant flagship amongst racing tyres – produced exclusively in Germany.

DuraSkin: Tyres with DuraSkin® sidewall protection can take a beating as they are designed for the most adverse conditions. In rough terrain on a cyclocross or a gravel bike, on commuter bikes where tyres scrape along curbs, on touring bikes as they cross continents encountering many different road qualities and on the race circuit where they prove themselves in endurance events such as the Paris-Roubaix. The high-quality polyamide fabric reliably protects the wall of the tyre. Tyres with DuraSkin® can be identified by the characteristic brown mesh sidewall*. DuraSkin® comes in restrained black with Continental's Black Edition.

Specifications

About Continental
Continental or Conti as they’re colloquially known are a German manufacturer of Car, Motorcycle, Bicycle, Truck and Earthmoving tyres along with automotive parts. Founded in 1871 in Hanover, Germany they’re responsible for many tyre innovations including the first ever patterned tyre tread and the first ever tubeless tyre. They make some of the most popular bicycle tyres in the industry including the Gatorskin and Grand Prix road models. Their tyres are used at the highest levels of competition including the UCI World Tour.