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With tubeless there’s
With tubeless there’s arguably more maintenance at home then there is with clincher. But I’ll take that any time over trying to deal with a flat while freezing at the roadside.
Bearing in mind that the job of sealant is to seal holes by congealing rapidly, I have my doubts about sealant that’s good for the life of the tyre. It may stay liquid but will it seal when required? Topping up sealant is no big deal anyway.
Wheels are very strong in
Wheels are very strong in regard to in-plane forces, like a rider’s backside crashing down on the saaddle. Tyres provide almost all the suspension anyway.
Meaning, I doubt you will break the wheel just by riding it. But, always good to learn to build wheels.
more complicated answer: remove valve, that may need a set of pliers to remove, and fit inner tube as normal. Only problem i have ever had fitting a tube, to a tubeless setup, was not being able to remove the valve as i had tightened it into place with set of pliers and had trouble removing it.You don’t need to tighten the valve locknut with pliers, in fact, don’t. Remember that once inflated there is air pressure locking the valve into place. Just tighten the valve locknut enough to prevent air leaks while you’re inflating the tyre.
Reason being that as a backstop roadside repair you may need to remove that valve to put in a tube. It would be very frustrating to find that your (tired, wet) fingers can’t unscrew the locknut.
As an aside I feel most tubeless valves are still under-designed from this point of view. The suppliers need to provide a locknut that is bigger, with more grip, and doesn’t present a scratchy metal face to the rim.
Crashboy wrote:
I’m not a marketing hype hater as such – I don;t object to the term Gravel Bike per se, but I suppose my original question should have been “does anyone have those long, lush looking (dry!) gravelly roads like the marketing shots show (as opposed to the narrow, litter strewn, brown, mucky trails I’m used to) near them”!I like the idea of gravel bikes, and have done a few CX sportives, but I do think the US experience does not bear much relation to UK. The US is huge and my impression is that there are thousands of miles of roads that are unmade but nevertheless flat and wide. Round here, Chilterns area, there is a lot of rideable off-road but it’s bridleways, greenways etc covered in leaf litter, stones, chalk outcrops, ruts and mud. Can still be a lot of fun. The nearest thing I’ve experienced to proper gravel roads was the Dirty Reiver route through Kielder and that still included some hideously muddy and rutted sections.
I had a bit of contact with
I had a bit of contact with the courts system throughout a messy divorce. Delays for various reasons including lack of preparation are common and things drag out. Saying that, on the whole I thought the judges did a professional and reasonable job in circumstances which can be difficult.
Good luck.
I’ve just bought a set of Hutchinson Sector 28 tyres to run tube less and asked my local bike shop to fit them for me. The first tyre has gone on fine and snapped straight into the rim bead, however it will not maintain pressure and when tested with soapy water the mechanics have found that the tyre is leaking heavily from the side wall, especially along what appears to be the join between the side wall and the siped tread part of the tyre. The tyre has lost around 50% of the initial 80psi in around 6 hours, so pretty impractical. Has anyone else experienced similar issues?
Assuming they’re full of sealant – they are, aren’t they? – try pumping them back up to pressure again. Tubeless sometimes needs a few days to settle down. Btw 80psi is a bit high for 28mm tubeless in my opinion, they’ll be fine at 50-70psi.
You’d do well to get to grips with fitting tubeless yourself. It’s not difficult, just different to what you might be used to. Generally I can get tubeless to seat with just a track pump so you don’t necessarily have to invest in fancy chargers or whatever.
Novatec hubs are excellent, I
Novatec hubs are excellent, I have three or four sets on the go both for rim and disc wheels. They’re sensibly designed, light and with a range of sidecap options to cover various dropout standards. They take an easily available bearing size should a bearing crap out. It’s easy to swap the freehub between Sh/Sr/Camp. Note that there are lots of different Novatec hubs, in general the bigger the number designation the better, eg D772 is a posher hub than D352, to take a random example.
I’ve also had two frames and a pair of carbon rims direct from China, all solid products giving great service.
Lovely, a vintage looking
Lovely, a vintage looking bike with gears and brakes that actually work.
I know the quill stem is authentic but I had enough of those bloody things back in day and would have put an aheadset on this. Not my bike though!
Can I have a go too?
Can I have a go too?
Assuming OP is genuine, I’d suggest he buys a complete bike. No offence but he sounds beginner-ish and assembling a bike from a frame and a stack of components is not a task for the inexperienced especially when a mistake could be expensive.
Walking into any high end bike shop and saying you’re interested in an F10 or similar should get you someone’s undivided attention.
The only chain I’ve broken in
The only chain I’ve broken in many, many years broke at a re-used quick link so best practice would seem to be to regard them as single-use.
There’s also a bike shop next to the station in Forbury Road. I’ve never used it, so can’t say how good it is, but it’s there if you need it.Cycle Republic, the posh arm of Halfords, lol. It’s new there. It seems ok in an Evans-ish sort of way.
> unless the RailAir coach
> unless the RailAir coach services to Reading take bikes or bikes in boxes.
Railair to Reading will take a bike in a box, those buses have a lot of storage underneath. You can get the bus from LHR Central Bus Station if arriving into T2/T3/T4 or direct from T5 if you’re on BA and arrive there. There’s three buses per hour in daytime and it’ll cost under £20 for a single. You get deposited outside Reading railway station. Reading is the first mainline stop for fast trains out of Paddington so a good place to catch a train heading West. Just round the corner from the station, in Friar St, there are some chain hotels if timings dictate an overnight stay in Reading.
Those cycleclinic 28mm tyres
Those cycleclinic 28mm tyres are not Pro Ones, they are first generation Ones although still tubeless-easy. I know cos I have a pair on a bike I put together recently. I was taken aback at their weight, 390g per, on the other hand I have come to love them. At 60psi they roll really, really well. They’re ok in the wet in my opinion, depending on what you expect a tyre to be able to cope with.
I have had a pair of Hutch
I have had a pair of Hutch Sector 28s on the go for a couple of years. They’re very hard-wearing and very tough and give a good ride while not being the ultimate fastest tyre. A good choice for winter if you can fit them.
The first three people in
The first three people in that file, who are listed as finishing in 3:57, did they really stick over 30 minutes into all of the rest of the field?
