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I have some on my alternate wheels which have been cut to pieces after relatively little use around London and Kent. I took to filling the holes with superglue to get some value out of them. They ride very well and would be great for Majorca or somewhere with decent roads, but for the UK? Whatever graphene adds it isn’t anything to do with puncture resistance. I ride 4000s daily with fewer problems. Wish I could report otherwise…. Think I’ll invest in the proline bands above…
Don’t use superglue for this – it dries hard into odd (and often pointy) shapes which can then cause further punctures.
I found “Shoe Goo” after searching around on this topic. It certainly works, though I find for smaller nicks it tends to get worn away after a couple of hundred kms. It’s about £5 for a massive tube which doesn’t appear to go off (bought it about a year ago and its still fine), I’ve got in the habit of filling any cuts in the tyres everytime I clean my bike properly.
Use neoprene wetsuit adhesive – it actually sticks to the rubber and lasts better than the rubber.
Surprised actually, loads of
Surprised actually, loads of positive comments about Yoleo on forums.
I was out for a ride last
I was out for a ride last year and heard this sound, and there’s a whole cycle club, about 8 of them, strung out behind me. So I got in the drops and put down the hammer and we had a great run of a couple of miles before they started overtaking me (I’m 60!). So I started chatting as they went past and dropped on the back of their group. I had a great chat with a bunch of friendly young blokes and got a 28km/h pull up one of my problem hills. Did wonders for my strava segment!
Sadly they were turning off after a few miles heading somewhere so we waved goodbye and wished each other a good ride.
Treat it as a social event, it can be fun. Most people are eventually going some other way so you’re not stuck to them for ever.
People were saying on here
People were saying on here that one of Merlin’s in-house offerings was actually a Ridley, but frankly if you look closely its really not the same at all, even in looks. Close, but not the same.
Have the frame checked for
Have the frame checked for alignment. It could easily have taken a twist.
Back when I was a kid my mate crashed into a deep gully. He jumped off at the last moment and wasn’t injured, but his forks were bent like that. We were very worried about catching hell when we got home, so we rode slowly back home, took off the front wheel, stuck a bit of pipe over the fork legs, and bent them back one by one. We got them back and aligned nicely. As far as I remember he never had a problem with them. And best of all, his Dad never noticed 😉
Our bikes though were heavy old clunkers, made of mild steel. I wouldn’t recommend it with a modern high tensile steel.
barbarus wrote:
Great stuff, sounds exactly like what I want. Although in fact for me this would be a summer bike for chaingangs and faster club runs. Next step, persuade other half that I need two bikes…Good luck with that! It’s a great frame for a cheap build. My other half liked it too, phew 😉
racingcondor wrote:
Replace it with a Cinelli Experience. Brilliant frame, especially for the price you can get them now.That’s what I did! And it is an excellent frame. Cheap too.
There’s a Speedplay Light
There’s a Speedplay Light Action version, worth a try.
I think there were some
I think there were some Viking bikes around about 10 years ago like that. Cheap as.
Nothing wrong with Udderly
Nothing wrong with Udderly Smooth! Works for my bottom.
Powerway hubs are dirt cheap
Powerway hubs are dirt cheap and seem ok. Got some on some handbuilt wheels.
As the saying goes, ‘If you ever feel depressed about your job just remember that out there whose job is to fit indicators to BMWs’Surely you mean Audis??
PS: The chap I sold the
PS: The chap I sold the cracked Canyon frame to has only gone and sold it on Ebay without mention of the cracked frame! This is the frame that Bikefix said couldn’t be repaired.
What a scammer. Looks nice though. Ho hum
700c wrote:
Before this thread I hadn’t realised campag did this – updating their product lines mid life and removing backwards compatibility. Disappointing, as everything 10S is compatible with itself; veloce, record etc -(powershift /ultrashift itself shouldn’t make a difference) and I’ve successfully combined all manner of veloce , centaur, record components for years).It wasn’t ‘mid life’ – it was a completely new 11 speed range. Different rear mechs, different front mechs, different shifter internals, different cranksets. Even different brakes on the lower ranges.
They did it once before too: there were modifications in the shift from the ‘early’ 11 speed – with the curly 11 logo – to the later ‘large 11’ groups, though they still work together.
Shimano have done it regularly too. It’s constant research and improvement.
Don’t get a frame that’s too
Don’t get a frame that’s too big. I speak from experience!