fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Before you go off upgrading your road bike...
- Thread starter T4tomo
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All uphill
Still rolling along
- Location
- Somerset
Don't start on gold-plated taps!
It's been proven that water flow is smoother and there is less metallic transfer to the water when using them.
Besides It's my money and I can buy what I like. 😋
FishFright
More wheels than sense
maybe 3 ?
- BUY WHAT I OWN , no one needs or deserves better.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
i upgraded my heart and lungs....to an EBike lol
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
i think you mean disc, each to their own but I can't understanding anyone using rim brakes settling for cable operated ones, when rod operated worked perfectly for years, why modernise when you can live in the past
Is there such a thing as a D2 bike fitted with rim brakes? That really does seem an odd choice.
Ooops! Thanks. Corrected.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
I much prefer the 60psi of my tubeless 28mm than the minimum specified 85psi of tubed. It's so much more comfortable.
Once you learn the foibles and how to maintain, it's great. I wouldn't choose to buy any new wheels that weren't tubeless compatible now (and disc) - so there!
Once you learn the foibles and how to maintain, it's great. I wouldn't choose to buy any new wheels that weren't tubeless compatible now (and disc) - so there!
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T4tomo
Legendary Member
I run my tubed 28mm at less than 85psi, and I going to die?
seriously minimum specified psi rating?? new one on me.
btw i accept you can get away with a lower pressure on tubeless due to lack on pinch puncture risk and thus it can be subjectively comfier.
alex_cycles
Veteran
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Yes. You ARE going to die. We just don't know when and how.
Quite likely it will not relate to your choice of tubed/tubeless thoughI will get you a picture of the tyre sidewall where a min/max range is specified. This is a Specialized Roubaix Pro tubed tyre with a pressure range of 85-95 psi specified (on rimmed wheel - boo, hiss
)This is a Schwalbe Pro One Tubeless Easy with a pressure range of 60-95psi specified...
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pawl
Legendary Member
- Location
- Desford Leicestershire
The on,y time I had to clamp my brakes on was back in the days o chrome rims and Weiman brakes I’ve never had a problem with my current modern rims and Ultegra brakes.And none of my bikes have gear cables that disappear down a hole in the frame to emerge somewhere at the back of the bike. I know dinosaurs disappeared many millennials ago but this one is still alive and well.
Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
- Location
- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Change is driven by the young and the newcomers to the sport, a bunch of old coffin dodgers bleating "Why are you doing it like that, do it like this it's how we've always done it" gets no more than muffled giggles and rolled eyes.
It was the same when I started in the sixties and has continued with every new innovation since. The Luddites were left to dribble into their drinks while the world moved on, and thank God it did because the bikes of today are far superior to those of twenty years ago, never mind fifty.
It was the same when I started in the sixties and has continued with every new innovation since. The Luddites were left to dribble into their drinks while the world moved on, and thank God it did because the bikes of today are far superior to those of twenty years ago, never mind fifty.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
I will have to at some point but I'm putting it as long as possible
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Or clever marketeers who convince the naive young that they need to prove themselves by doing it a different way although the existing way is the best & they will eventually realise that.
