Tread direction on Conti GP 3000/ 4

g'day,

I've got 'em on the training bike. I guess if it made any difference they would have put a directional arrow on 'em,

Hitchy

supergrill said:

I just picked up a set of Continental Grand Prix 4-Season (same tread pattern as GP 3000) and when I went to mount them I noticed that the tread pattern is very slightly directional (i.e. slightly different depending upon rotation)

No rotation marking on the tire itself and has Conti label on both treadwall sides. Does anyone know if there is a preferred direction of rotation for the GP 3000 / 4-Season tires?

Tread means nothing,put them on anyway you want.

shokhead said:

Tread means nothing,...........

It does if there is a directional arrow.

supergrill said:

I just picked up a set of Continental Grand Prix 4-Season (same tread pattern as GP 3000) and when I went to mount them I noticed that the tread pattern is very slightly directional (i.e. slightly different depending upon rotation)

No rotation marking on the tire itself and has Conti label on both treadwall sides. Does anyone know if there is a preferred direction of rotation for the GP 3000 / 4-Season tires?

Quote from Conti GP 3000 website:
(conti-online.comgrand prix 3000 en.htmlOpen ↗)

"Its multi rotational tread works in either direction to deliver perfect grip. "

boudreaux said:

It does if there is a directional arrow.

Are we not talking about the Conti's? I guess i havent seen a roadbike tire with directional arrows.

shokhead said:

Are we not talking about the Conti's? I guess i havent seen a roadbike tire with directional arrows.

your bad. :o 🙁

Since the treads on a road bike tire are only there to channel water, and not actually grip anything like the treads on a mountain tire, the direction doesn't matter. I had the same issue with a set of Michelin Axial Bi Sports, which also have a directional tread, but no arrows. I've ridden them in all sorts of conditions with them mounted both ways, I've never noticed any difference.

Wider Tires, such as Car tires are mostly uni-directional, this is to squirt water through the Tread and prevent aqua planing, it's not really neccessary on a roadbike Tire because they're narrow enough to cut through the water...

But if you want to be technically correct, the V in a tread should rotate forward like an arrow...so if you're sitting on the bike, looking down at the front tire, it should look like this /\ and of course the rear tire "arrows" should point the same way...seeing as you have a choice you may as well mount them the correct way...IMHO.

supergrill said:

I just picked up a set of Continental Grand Prix 4-Season (same tread pattern as GP 3000) and when I went to mount them I noticed that the tread pattern is very slightly directional (i.e. slightly different depending upon rotation)

No rotation marking on the tire itself and has Conti label on both treadwall sides. Does anyone know if there is a preferred direction of rotation for the GP 3000 / 4-Season tires?