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Your cart is empty.The Continental Goatskin is the ultimate training & racing tire where puncture protection is a priority. Using the latest proprietary technology against flats the Goatskin range uses Ploy Breaker and Dushkin sidewall protection.
Valda
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2025
Just what I needed for my bike.
Douglas
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2024
I love the GatorSkin tires. They are tough on the road, avoiding many flats. Great for riding on. They are a bit hard to get on the rims, but worth it.
H
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2024
I ride easily 45 mile after work on the city street and these tires have been better at resisting punctures from bull thorns and broken glass than other Continental models. The amount of flats I would get dropped by 75%. Sure it not 100% you can still get a flat if it’s a pointy enough piece of glass, small sheet metal fragment or spiky seed. But I feel more confident that I will not have to stop and fix a flat every day. Are there tricky issues about the tire, sure getting is seated on the rim can be a pain especially when it new or cold out. The best thing to do when they are new to make seating easier is to leave them out in the sun or warm room. Once mounted take some Windex and spray around the tire and rim and slowly inflate, the Windex helps the tire expand evenly around the rim and reduces the flat spots.
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
These tires really are great. I used to fuss constantly with flat tires until I switched to these. If you're on a budget these will save you so much in tubes they are well worth it. I ride in LA now where the roads are coated in broken glass and still no flats. I did leave a new set on a bike outside in the California sun for a year and a half and they had to be replaced but kinda understandable
Dibs
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2023
I've had no issues with the tire I put on. I was going to make it a matching set but decided to save the second as a spare since I've already got a relatively new ultra on the back. So far I've had no issues and I've taken a few rides. The seams are fine and well sealed. The tires fit on the rim perfectly and just as well as the steel bead non folding tires I've put on. As far as the holes from manufacturing they're more like dimples as they do not go through the tire, which has a shielding later you probably couldn't penetrate without a drill. People are just bad at diy and/or looking for a handout, so they leave bad reviews.
D. Sonnier
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2022
I’ve never owned these tires before and after many recommendations I decided to buy a set. I was very surprised at how well they perform. I'd expected sluggish performance as a sacrifice for puncture protection, but I was very happy with the performance and grip. Ran these (700 x 23) at 95psi. I highly recommend this tire as a great road bike tire.Edit: Did a 50mi group ride yesterday and had a flat on rear tire. Was riding a very rough road with plenty of small potholes at the time so it may have been that. And likely a small puncture from the side. Didn’t seem to be a pinch flat.
John Shidel
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2020
Now on 2nd & 3rd set- (1 race & 1 commuter bike). Decent mileage from the 1st set used, only 1 flat occurrence. No punctures on the race bike which were installed last year. When just installed on the commuter bike, got a flat in the 1st 10 miles out. In both flat cases- appeared to be from a very tiny wire/staple. Could not see impact point on the tire on the most recent case, but definitely went thru the tire edge & not the tread area- from where the tiny pinhole was in the tube. After installing the 1st set on the commuter a couple of years back- flats dropped off completely with the 1 exception noted above.
JayR
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on October 18, 2020
I received the items as per my expectation.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2020
I recently picked up a new State Core-Line to ride around. I got very tired of asking my family or friends for rides, as I don't have a car or a license.The bicycle came with these supposedly great Kenda gumwall tires, meant for flexible roads and commutes. This was not my experience.Riding around in autumn for me means thorns littering the roads and sidewalks and us cyclists get old of that pretty quick. I went through around 2-3 tubes per week, with the closest bike shop being 34 miles away. I had to come up with something.At first, it was a pain to get these on, they even broke one of my Bell tire levers. (Though, I will say that was my fault. I was being impatient and put on unnecessary pressure.) This problem fixes itself a couple rides after the initial install. They get nice and used to the shape of your rims. I've had them on for about a month now - I have yet to encounter a single issue. I haven't had a single flat with these, and it isn't a pain to ride around in the winter time at all.One fair warning: these bad boys do get pretty slick when wet. They'll definitely drop you if you dare challenge those pesky yellow, studded things or any deadly sewer grates. I read about the sidewall being pretty fragile on these things, but I haven't had an issue yet. Be cautious, put them on and you'll love every second of them.
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