Durability of Continental Grand Prix 5000 Tubeless - wearing out fast?

[cpml123]

I just happened to look at my tires today to see how much they are worn. I run Continental Grand Prix 5000 TL 32 mm front and back. Back tire looked fine. Both of the little indicator dots are there with good depths. However, I was shocked to see the front tire's indicator dots are almost worn out. I have been riding those tires since March this year. They have exactly 747.4 miles, per Strava. I am wondering if others have experienced the same thing. It seems to me the Continental Grand Prix 5000 TL tires wear out pretty fast on our front wheel drive bikes, at least for my S40. I am also wondering if it has much to do with my riding skills or lack thereof. I run it 55psi. There is a lot of steep hills here. The front tire does slip when going up a steep hill, which maybe that has something to do with it being worn out so fast? I can't say I do more hills than anyone else would in Seattle area though. It seems the roads are always going up or down around here, but mostly going up.

Thanks for your input.

Michael

 

[Brad R]

I live in a much flatter place. (30 feet of climbing per mile on average) and I am riding a rear wheel drive recumbent. I got 2400 miles out of my 32mm tubeless GP5000 rear tire. My front had worn through one, but not both dots. I am pretty happy with that. I plan to rotate the next set of tires at about 1500 miles to see if I can get closer to 3000 miles.

A Cruzbike is using the front tire for both propulsion and steering. So it might be subject to more wear. There might be more weight on the front tire also.

I love the grip of these tires.