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I won’t even get on the trainer without a scoop or two of chamois creme.
A few weeks ago I set off on my own for a very long day in the saddle (140miles) you know that feeling when you know you’ve forgotten something… well for me it was chamois cream as it happens I suffered not a jot of chaffing or other uncomfort in the downstairs department, I put it happily down to the new shorts, pedal ed ‘natsu’ ones. If they can do me 14hrs, I’m sure they could help you for an hour on the turbo 😉
Running tubeless for some
Running tubeless for some time now and I’ve made all the mistakes twice, but now, confident in my set up, my ‘repair kit has gone FROM: Spare tube (conti supersonic), three bike levers, small leyzene tool, 16g compressed air can plus compressed air can widget, couple of spare water tabs.
TO: Small half filled bontrager bottle of sealant (approx 30ml), small leyzene tool, 16g compressed air can plus compressed air can widget, couple of spare water tabs. On a big ride, I’ll take 2x bottles of compressed air. (To be fair I should probably ditch the compressed air and carry a decent hand pump).
25mm’s pumped up to 90/95psi, 190 miles done over two days, of which 90 was offroad, bridleways, canal paths, farm tracks, gravel, rocks, tree roots, I dropped 10psi over the two days in one tyre and didn’t notice until after I reached my destination.
Malcom has written about his tubeless experiences, I don’t agree 100% with all of it, but it’s a good read – https://thecycleclinic.co.uk/blogs/news/living-with-tubeless-tyres
For me if I get a cut or tear which is too big to seal, my ride is done, I accept that, however that’s not happened thus far, in almost three years.
lolz.. the penny drops!
lolz.. the penny drops!
Don’t forget the ISP Topper is very easily removed so a bit like a seat post you can ‘remove’ about 4cm of topper plus the depth of your saddle (estimate 4cm)
That doesn’t make sense to me
That doesn’t make sense to me, if the maximum ISP length is say.. 50cm and you cut it down to 20cm then your query simply about the ISP length doesn’t add up.
My idea for you is to measure your existing bikes bottom of the chainring to saddle top and that measurement will be the same on your new bike (thereabouts a few mm I’d imagine).
As your legs don’t change length between bikes that seems far more sensible.
Doesn’t the answer depend on
Doesn’t the answer depend on how long you cut the ISP down to?
They come waaay longer than any normal person would wish for.. then there’s the 20mm up movement in the topper… sorry I can’t be more helpful.
No, I don’t want to move over, that wasn’t my question.
I’m also fully aware of how tubeless works, thanks.
Heretic, send her a pair solid tyre wheels
You do want to move over to tubeless, you just don’t realise it yet 😉
The fact the rims are
The fact the rims are tubeless compatible shouldn’t have any bearing on pinch flats.
Just unlucky I guess, lower pressures with tubes in will be more susceptible (!spelling?) to pinch flats.
As my man above says, if you’d been running tubeless at that time at those pressures you’d have been fine. I run tubeless, and can’t go back to tubes now, I’m too far gone, in too deep, past the point of no return, in for a penny… you get the message.
I’ve stopped carring a spare tube also, now I carry a half filled 60ml bottle of sealant and a couple of cannisters instead.
I have nothing to add on the
I have nothing to add on the cycling snobbery front, maybe Yorkshire isn’t just as Yorkshire as it used to be. Plenty of money spent on bikes round by me, always has been to my mind, no one blinks when someone turns up on a clunker, quite the opposite, most want the clunker to beat the carbon electrics.
For my two penneth, my club has a set of routes which hasn’t changed much ever, you can clearly see that the average speeds over the past few years have just shot up, and they keep going up seemingly, the whole club has just got faster and faster, the slow sunday group now averages 19/20, the fast group can average 23/24mph… the whippets, have got whippety’er. It’s changed our Sunday rides from being a come along everyone ride to being un-apologectically elitest indeed. (Don’t get me wrong, we have rides all through the week for all types of rider, but the Sunday club run was the one which started it all, has now changed it’s tone.)
My point being, that the sport is more mainstream, there are more people doing the sport, which means the ‘top tier’ gets squeezed, spaces in races aren’t growing, but the demand for them is, yes I think racing is becoming more elitest.
What’s the answer though? More races – who’s gonna run them, it’s a thankless task at best. Open up the field to accept more people per race – that’s a no go for safety reasons.
Dear Chris,
Dear Chris,
Do you have a picture?
Could it be a warranty claim if the carbon’s coming undone from the alloy? Where did you buy from, some dealers offer 2 year warranties.
Or a home made clamp, surface prep and some epoxy?
kindest wishes
Pete
I can help with the route…
I can help with the route… http://cycle.travel – it’s what the kids call the bomb diggidy for cycle mapping.
I had a similar issue on my
I had a similar issue on my old TCR, put 25mm schwables on to wide rims and it left very little clearance.. the front was okay, but the rear clearance with the brake caliper was a problem, In the wet I’d pick up debris, which caused rub and scratches, once I had to dig the mud out with a stick it was that clogged. Then at the top of Alp d’huez, the day prior to the marmotte, my rear tyre ‘ripped’ I’d gone over a very slightly sticky bit of tarmac, picked up a stone which jammed under my caliper and ripped a hole in the tyre casing.
I have a CX frame in a small
I have a CX frame in a small or x small which I brought second hand to make into a bike, which has never seen the light of day.. I’d get shot of it for £40 plus postage if your interested this is the frame the bike came from – http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/13-innate-alpha-cyclocross-bike-2015
Shortly after that I was on holiday in France and fell off while clipped in. This was in front of a bar full of French patrons, most of whom were sitting at pavement tables outside. To make the spectacle even more enjoyable for them I was wearing a Union Flag jersey.Very poor, you’ve not just let yourself down you let sixty four million people down.. you are grounded, go sit in the corner and think about what you’ve done!
http://player.bfi.org.uk
http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-cyclists-special-1956/
You’re very welcome.
Drive side cranks are like
Drive side cranks are like rocking horse shit compared to left hand ones. I’d suspect you’ll get a decent enough price for it, pop it on ebay on a 30day auction. You should be however kicking yourself for buying the whole chainset as left hand side shimano cranks are two a penny.
