fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Day 7, punctute 3.
Amy and Kyle's Around the world challenge
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matticus
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and 3000km! Which isn't a terrible rate (opinions will no doubt vary on this ... )
... but yeah, this could be an interesting stat to monitor over the 5-6months.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
They will soon have more patches than tubes !
T4tomo
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Did someone say they were on Panaracer GravelKings? I wonder what type? When I researched them for the gravel versions, the feedback was the standard version were made of cheese, but the "plus2 / "+" version with extra puncture protection was very good.
I have been pleased with my Semi-Slick + 's, although I'm yet to broadcast on YouTube about them
matticus
Guru
Maybe ... but I think they have tyre sponsors? in which case maybe they'll be on brand new tyres before that happens.
They'll certainly get through a few sets before this thing is done!
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matticus
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Still on punct*res ...
I'm halfway through one of Laura M-P's interviews (this one is on The Adventure Podcast, which is almost ALWAYS high quality, if rarely about cycling https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/the...n-tandem/1148a3bb-1d3c-4cca-b32b-6c72f1029655). All about the SteLa tandem record.
She's just mentioned that before they even got out of Europe they had 7 deflations in 24h! Oh how they laughed ...
I'm halfway through one of Laura M-P's interviews (this one is on The Adventure Podcast, which is almost ALWAYS high quality, if rarely about cycling https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/the...n-tandem/1148a3bb-1d3c-4cca-b32b-6c72f1029655). All about the SteLa tandem record.
She's just mentioned that before they even got out of Europe they had 7 deflations in 24h! Oh how they laughed ...
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
We had four punctures from one bike in one day on our KAW four day bike packing. Cleared us out of spare tubes which were patched that evening.
Yes, I said they are using Gravelking slicks in 35mm not sure which variety they didn’t say. Panaracer are one their sponsors.
rualexander
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5 flights with carbon bikes in cardboard boxes strikes me as a bit of a concern?
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There’s lots to like about Panaracer gravelkings, light and comfy ride and a good light touring tyre by many accounts. My experience of gravel king plus hasn’t been good though, I’ve had three fail as tubeless and had to be repurposed with tubes and one totally written off by a sidewall blowout. I believe Amy did her TdF route on some type of Panaracer and got round without a single issue hence the sponsorship. Maybe it’s the extra weight?
