Switching to roadbike

[liambauckham]

I thought that too ...

Another reaction was ... WATCH OUT FOR THE CAT!!!!

A slight reduction in tyre pressures can dampen with most of the vibrations through the skinny tyres, but obviously you don't want to go too far and risk pinch punctures. I run my tyres at about 85 PSI front and 95 PSI rear. Many people go way above that, but I find higher pressures uncomfortable on our rough roads.

Sod people its the animals you gotta look out for ;-) im getting used to the bumps to be honest. Have been going with the owners recommendation of running it at 110psi.

 

[liambauckham]

originally i was going to call the channel "Liam Rides" then I realise it sounded like a Grindr handle..... so I called it "Liam Cycles" but there still seems to be an interest in my arse ;-)

hit the subscribe button and i may do a special update on the condition of my gooch :-)

 

[mjr]

Sod people its the animals you gotta look out for ;-) im getting used to the bumps to be honest. Have been going with the owners recommendation of running it at 110psi.

http://www.bikequarterly.com/images/BQTireDrop.pdf has a chart if you want to figure out what pressures you may need.

hit the subscribe button and i may do a special update on the condition of my gooch :-)

No youtube account and I'm not sure I want to now

 

[liambauckham]

http://www.bikequarterly.com/images/BQTireDrop.pdf has a chart if you want to figure out what pressures you may need.


No youtube account and I'm not sure I want to now

ha ha the condition of my gooch seems to be a hot topic.

good chart. seems to be about right

 

[HLaB]

How can you know? I don't like them and few people here do, but if it works for @liambauckham, so be it. I suspect just ditching the cover won't work - it'll need a better-fitted saddle and/or padded shorts.

The large number of people Ive known/met who say they d made the same mistake and wished they had ditched it earlier, its called experience ;-) Its also simple physics ;-)

 

[mustang1]

I stopped watching Fast and Furious 7 to watch this stupid video?

 

[mjr]

The large number of people Ive known/met who say they d made the same mistake and wished they had ditched it earlier, its called experience ;-) Its also simple physics ;-)

The lurkers support you in person, eh? What physics is simple but I can't see it and you can't explain it?

 

[blazed]

Best way to combat saddle sores is simply ride without a saddle, the close relationship i enjoy with the seat post allows me to get in a more aero position, as well saving bike weight.

 

[mjr]

Best way to combat saddle sores is simply ride without a saddle, the close relationship i enjoy with the seat post allows me to get in a more aero position, as well saving bike weight.

Do you do anything to prevent seatpost sores?

 

[Dogtrousers]

As they say "de arsibus non est disputandum". Well, actually, they don't.

But when it comes to saddles, and other things backside/bike related there can be only one judge: the owner of the backside. All other commentators are irrelevant.

I rode a B17 with a cloth cover for years, typically wearing swimming trunks + rugby shorts or jeans, over considerable distances. It never did me any harm. But there was no internet then to tell me that I was "doing it all wrong". The cover was initially installed because I'd been a bit heavy handed with the neat's foot oil, and I never removed it.

 

[blazed]

Do you do anything to prevent seatpost sores?

No. I grit my teeth and think of England.

 

[liambauckham]

I stopped watching Fast and Furious 7 to watch this stupid video?

yes you did ;-) maybe i could do the next video faster and more furiously to make up for it?

 

[liambauckham]

Do you do anything to prevent seatpost sores?

i think they are called fissures..... reminds me of something i saw on red tube once......

 

[liambauckham]

As they say "de arsibus non est disputandum".

i don't speak harry potter ;-) yeah i totally agree tho. ive used that seat cover on my MTB when i did my first ever personal challenge of cycling 126 miles in a weekend (was the most id done at that point) took f******** ages tho

 

[liambauckham]

No. I grit my teeth and think of England.

reminds me of that south park invention.....
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JscQXDsSgco