Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Really? Hope they gave sorted that out for rest of trip.
Amy and Kyle's Around the world challenge
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Really? Hope they gave sorted that out for rest of trip.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
The bikes are in for a service in Perth and they're waiting 'til Monday to set off due to a storm with winds in the range 43-67kph (current forecast). Pretty unfortunate to arrive with that happening, though they're apparently still three days up on their (Amy's!) rather arbitrary 150 day schedule, so quite possibly the additional recovery time will be more useful than cycling the intended 50km this afternoon.
New tyres all around. These are Gravelking + (Instagram photos of the service). I wonder if the first set were also the plus version?
New tyres all around. These are Gravelking + (Instagram photos of the service). I wonder if the first set were also the plus version?
nogoodnamesleft
Well-Known Member
I'm not following but are they separate punctures or are they re-reporting previous incidents multiple times as they are maybe an "event" to put online where hour after hour of uneventful cycling doesn't get online clicks?
Or, if really that many I'd be wondering about something in the tyre re-puncturing eg leave the thorn embedded in the tyre when you patch the inner tube and you'll likely get another puncture after not long.
That many punctures one starts to question their repair competency.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
It's not fifty, it's fifteen. Still rather excessive, quite possibly, but that 'fifty' came from a mis-hearing.
Given how many miles they cycle suspect the loads and temperatures they have been cycling in will have contributed to many plus on very busy roads keeping virtually in the gutter and the accumulated grot.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Yeah, what I saw now appears to be an error in the youtube auto captioning translating 15 into 50.
nogoodnamesleft
Well-Known Member
I looking to do significant miles daily any breakdown can have an impact you really don't want. Wouldn't it make sense to have slimed inner tubes?
I don't use it myself as I want to know if/when I get a puncture and do a 100% repair but I'm not pushing the miles and ot time constrained. But I don't appreciate the negative aspects to slime (eg rolling resistance, weight, etc.
Even if you replace slimed inned tubes every service stop, not expensive and get away with carrying fewer puncture repair kits.
I don't use it myself as I want to know if/when I get a puncture and do a 100% repair but I'm not pushing the miles and ot time constrained. But I don't appreciate the negative aspects to slime (eg rolling resistance, weight, etc.
Even if you replace slimed inned tubes every service stop, not expensive and get away with carrying fewer puncture repair kits.
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
In 29,000km, the impact of the increase in rolling resistance, in particular, would be rather large in time terms. If you don't want to be impacted by that, surely that's a very good reason *not* to use them over a huge distance?
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
15 punctures, meaning a new tube is what, and hour and a half or so, perhaps 2 - after all, they've now practiced! Slower tyres would cost way more time. Yep, they may have found the sweet spot.
That’s an interesting way of looking at it. How much extra rolling resistance equals 2-3 hours of roadside repair? But the biggest impact of their punctures is most likely on Kyle’s patience!
Bonefish Blues
Banging donk
- Location
- 52 Festive Road
How many hours in saddle now? Maybe 1mph less from no-puncture tyres? How does the math work out?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Roughly 27 hours more time pedalling or approx 2 days elapsed. That is so far. Scale to full trip and about 102 hours extra ride time or approx 8.5 days extra elapsed.
