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Post by tyrednexited on May 5, 2020 16:02:28 GMT
Or a Sunbeam Stilletto...? ...no, it's not got high wheels.... I'll get my coat.... |
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Post by Humph on May 5, 2020 16:04:30 GMT
Started early today?😉🍷?
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Post by tyrednexited on May 5, 2020 16:52:25 GMT
..no... Some of us who aren't WFH need to WAH (and therefore can't post as much as those WFH - present company excepted  ). The list of jobs is not yet exhausted. (Currently redecorating the lounge, which at 15x25ft is not a trivial job) |
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Post by Humph on May 11, 2020 11:46:04 GMT
Bikes are selling like bog roll right now. Severe stock shortages in stores, some retailers reporting a four fold increase in demand. Understandable maybe as cycling provides excercise and entertainment while allowing social distancing. Can't help feeling that a lot of them will end up doing little more than cluttering sheds and garages in due course though.
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Post by WDB on May 11, 2020 11:50:30 GMT
We had the same conversation at home yesterday. Boy1 is wondering about a utility and shopping bike for when he returns to Southampton. We reckon there will be some bargains in the classifieds in a few months.
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Post by Humph on May 26, 2020 10:40:21 GMT
About two or three weeks ago, I got a rear puncture, I still use tubes so it wasn't difficult to swap out.
Now the thing is, "posh" bike tyres are often directional, and yes of course I managed to put it back on the wrong way round. Hadn't noticed while the bike was being used on Tarmac and a bit of flat gravel. But, yesterday, it was challenged with a few steep, loose climbs and I couldn't figure out why it was spinning out. Thought I'd lost the knack in truth !
Unlike on a road bike where you might get up out of the saddle to get some extra power down, on an MTB on a loose climb, you keep your bum firmly on the saddle to increase traction, but the wheel just kept washing out.
Then the penny dropped...
Homer Simpson moment alert !
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Post by WDB on May 26, 2020 13:19:28 GMT
Ah, tyres. Time was, I thought all bike tyres were the same. I put considerable thought into finding a tyre for the shopping bike that would cope with sticky mud on the bridleways, while still rolling well on tarmac, and eventually chose a pair of these:  To be honest, since I got their teething problems sorted, it’s been too dry to find any mud, but they are tremendously effective at climbing on loose surfaces or on the road. Something about all those tiny rubber teeth biting in and driving me forward, I like to imagine. They do have one funny little habit, though. I’ve not removed the stock bell from this bike, but I have moved it to where I can’t ring it by accident as I used to. On one farm track last week, I kept hearing little ‘ting’ sounds, which was odd as the track didn’t seem rough enough to shock the bell into ringing. I discovered that the rubber teeth were picking up tiny stones and pinging them into the underside of the down tube, not with enough force to cause damage but certainly enough to be audible. Perhaps if I remounted them back to front, the stones would go forwards instead...? 🤔 |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 13:36:56 GMT
Could you name the tyres please? Would be interested to hear. They'd suit my needs quite well I'd think.
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Post by WDB on May 26, 2020 13:44:36 GMT
Mine or Humph’s?
Mine are Venture by WTB. Now available in two diameters (650b like mine, or classic roadie 700c) and three widths, of which my 47mm is the middle one. Not cheap at about £90 a pair but they seem to suit my bike well for the way I use it.
What bike are they for?
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Post by Humph on May 26, 2020 13:47:03 GMT
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Post by Humph on May 26, 2020 13:48:04 GMT
Mine or Humph’s? Mine are Venture by WTB. Now available in two diameters (650b like mine, or classic roadie 700c) and three widths, of which my 47mm is the middle one. Not cheap at about £90 a pair but they seem to suit my bike well for the way I use it. What bike are they for? Not sure Al has ever paid more than £90 for a whole bike... 😬 |
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Post by WDB on May 26, 2020 13:53:05 GMT
No. I did wonder whether his last set of car tyres cost that much.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 13:54:10 GMT
Mine or Humph’s? Mine are Venture by WTB. Now available in two diameters (650b like mine, or classic roadie 700c) and three widths, of which my 47mm is the middle one. Not cheap at about £90 a pair but they seem to suit my bike well for the way I use it. What bike are they for? Not sure Al has ever paid more than £90 for a whole bike... 😬 Bingo. Just my cheapo £89.99 Halfords mountain bike, the name of which I can't even recall right now. I've oft thought I'd get more out of it if it had better on road performance, i.e. I think the knobbly tyres slow it down and make it hard work to progress. But I use it on rough surfaces too and don't want to compromise grip on those. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2020 13:55:18 GMT
TRAX TR1, that's what the bike is called. Not that it matters, suffice to know that it's the cheapest piece of shit imaginable.
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Post by WDB on May 26, 2020 14:07:21 GMT
Ah, you’ll be wanting a 26in tyre instead then. Probably. You can pay a lot less if you don’t want the newfangled frippery of tubelessness.
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