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They've been making bike tyres since before most of us had great-grandparents. In 1892, Continental became the first company in Germany to make pneumatic bike tyres, and they've been obsessing over rubber ever since. Every Conti bike tyre is developed and tested at their tech centre in Korbach, Germany, and their top-end tyres are still handmade there. The secret sauce is their BlackChili compound, tuned to deliver grip, speed and long life all at once. That's usually a pick-two situation. From race-day road rubber to mountain bike tyres that bite into the dirt, they've had over 130 years to get it right, and it shows.