StuAff
Silencing his legs regularly
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I forgot the other one!Bob had TWO punctures on M+.
I forgot the other one!Bob had TWO punctures on M+.
Very good as disc brakes are they do squeal when they are wet.
Ah, now this is interesting.This is all greatly preferable to the front V-brake with Koolstop pads on my Dawes. It functions as an effective - if frankly embarrassing - pedestrian warning system in pretty much all conditions. The rear is quiet.
Ride in places other than Spain?Ah, now this is interesting.
On the Thorn Raven with CSS reinforced rims the rear is as sweet as a nut, good stopping even in the wet. Thorn say such rims sometimes lose braking power when very well used (as are mine) and in the wet (of which, sadly, my trips seem to have suffered an overabundance recently). No such loss of braking power seems to occur either in front or back, in wet or dry, no matter how loaded.
The front - same age, same conditions, same age of pads - screeches like a Banshee at the slightest pressure. This is sometimes welcome because it, as @kimble says, warns pedestrians. Sadly it also warns Spanish dogs of my imminent arrival on their territory. *unlike*
Any suggestions?
I’m with you on GP Four Seasons, a nice combination of durability, ride, and speed. Shame they don’t make Brompton sized versions.This is an understatement, as I think they the worst tyres ever made. I find them not only slow (the speed difference to Conti GP4000 S2 is 1 kph) but also uncomfortable, as the bike feels like using wooden tyres.
During the summer, I use the Conti GP4000 S2, which are super-fast and good enough puncture wise. Oddly enough, come September, October I get one visitation after another, and change to Conti GP Four Seasons, which are almost as fast and much more puncture resistant (have to admit that I ruined one a couple of month ago, when I got a cut through the tyre which needed a boot - but I had this much more often when riding ordinary Duranos on the Moulton.
Ah, now this is interesting.
The front - same age, same conditions, same age of pads - screeches like a Banshee at the slightest pressure. This is sometimes welcome because it, as @kimble says, warns pedestrians. Sadly it also warns Spanish dogs of my imminent arrival on their territory. *unlike*
Any suggestions?