cyberknight
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23 mm is the max i can realistically fit under the mudguards , i might have to stick the cxp 22`s i have as spares off the boardman .Personally for commuting I'd fit the fattest tyres that
will fit
About £20 including p&p with 1 hour to go , i have 501s on my other bike and i am not sure if 501s would be ok with rack and panniers .How much are they?
They are practically giving these away :- http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPSHOEM501/shimano-r501-c24-clincher-wheelset
If the weather warrants it i swap to 26x2.3 rigid MTB and i can ride sportive distances on 622x23 mm and be comfortable all day long at a good pace.Hi,
YMMV but if 23mm is the biggest size you can fit under mudguards you have a poor commuter.
And not a fast bike, the elite go faster on 25mm and most mere mortals go faster on 28mm.
At 50+ I doubt tyre width affects my speed much at all, and would like 35mm tyres on my
road bike but 30mm rear and 32mm front are the biggest that will fit, with mudguards.
Lack of comfort is very tiring, it feels fast but it simply is not.
rgds, sreten.
Sod it i am just gonna wait till next xmas and use any cash i get towards some better wheels for the boardman and try the 501s on the commuter next year , i only weight around 150 llbs when i am at winter weight so even with panniers i doubt it will trouble them .How much are they?
They are practically giving these away :- http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/WPSHOEM501/shimano-r501-c24-clincher-wheelset
Maybe you should be looking at your bike fit if you cant ride on such a bike comfortably ?
Sold some stuff now , got some rs 11s on order and will use the cxp 22`s on the commuter , pretty bombproof i read so they should take me at 68 kg and panniers.I know this is a little late, but I sometime ran with a rack a bag with drop down panniers, sometimes with two two little bottles of pop (not fer right enough) but with things like my camera kit to York (about 25 miles there) ect, I was running on RS10's till last week when I noticed two cracks in the rear rim, the added weight could have helped cause it, I was about 80Kg and the bike regularly could weigh upto 18Kg's though more like 14-15Kg's, before that I had XR18's fitted to my Viking and the rear wheel kept braking spokes, not my area of expertise so could have been as much me as the wheel, they managed about 5,000 miles the RS10's just short of 7,000 miles.
Thats what Planet-X replaced my RS10's with, not done a 100 miles on them yet so its difficult to tell, hubs are different to RS10's but I think the rims are the same.Sold some stuff now , got some rs 11s on order and will use the cxp 22`s on the commuter , pretty bombproof i read so they should take me at 68 kg and panniers.
so after 5000 miles they replaced them free?Thats what Planet-X replaced my RS10's with, not done a 100 miles on them yet so its difficult to tell, hubs are different to RS10's but I think the rims are the same.