Great review Ali, just one or two points I wouldn't necessarily agree on. The first being Der Baron not stopping too well. I have found them to stop significantly better that the equivalent Swamp Thing and this was one of the first comments I made about the first incarnation of the Rain King to Continental. The other point I don't necessarily agree on is that of both the tyres rolling more slowly than the rivals. I have been able to run all my Continental tyres at higher pressures than I normally would due to the Black Chilli compound, which in turn means faster rolling speed/lower rolling resistance. There is a certain amount of personal preference involved in this though! Also, I think a High Roller would be a more direct comparison to Der Kaiser, a faster tyre may be on the way ;-) Good reading anyway.