{"id":31,"date":"2021-10-08T15:03:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T13:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=649319"},"modified":"2021-10-12T11:55:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T09:55:58","slug":"continental-celebrates-150th-anniversary-with-glorious-gold-gravel-tyre-and-limited-edition-open-u-p","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/continental-celebrates-150th-anniversary-with-glorious-gold-gravel-tyre-and-limited-edition-open-u-p\/","title":{"rendered":"Continental celebrates 150th anniversary with glorious gold gravel tyre and limited-edition Open U.P."},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Paul Norman\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 08 October 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Continental Tyres is 150 years old and has been making bike tyres since it started out in 1871. To celebrate the event, it\u2019s worked with bike-components.de<\/a> to launch a limited edition of 150 Open New U.P.<\/a> gravel bikes with a special colour scheme and Terra Trail gravel tyres<\/a> in Conti\u2019s signature yellow.<\/p>\n

According to Jan-Niklas Vo\u00df, product manager at Conti: \u201cWe wanted to give our award-winning Terra series a truly unique look by incorporating our Continental signature colour. Gravel, still a young segment, gave us the opportunity to immortalise our passion for mobility with an exclusive bike collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The bike\u2019s yellow Terra Trail tyres steal the show.<\/span><\/figcaption> Continental<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The orangey-creamy-gold-ish 40mm-wide Terra Trail tyres are definitely the star of the show here.<\/p>\n

When we reviewed the tyres,<\/a> we reckoned they were great for grip on softer ground and in wet weather \u2013 that\u2019s pretty much all year in the UK \u2013 although you\u2019ll need to work hard to maintain their colour in mucky conditions.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the tyres will not be available for wider sale, but a spokesperson for Continental suggested enough interest from the public may change that stance.<\/p>\n

The tyres are fitted to a special hand-painted Open New U.P. gravel bike<\/a>, which includes a numbered badge on the head tube and seatstay bridge.<\/p>\n

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The bike comes with a special Conti-themed paint job and unique head tube badge.<\/span><\/figcaption> Continental<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The special-edition bike \u2013 which is limited to 150 examples \u2013 comes kitted out with a Shimano GRX RX810<\/a> groupset, a Fizik Terra Argo X3<\/a> gravel-specific saddle fitted to a Crankbrothers Highline<\/a> dropper post, and a hand-built RAVeL wheelset.<\/p>\n

The bike is priced at \u20ac4,999, but you can\u2019t just order one \u2013 you first need to express your interest via the product page<\/a> at bike-components.de and its team will contact you when your chosen size is painted and available.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n

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