Put some Schwalbe G one tubeless on the elan. They are 35 mm and slightly knobbly for winter roads and give a bit more space under the guards than the 38 mm gravelkings which are fairly slick now. The gravelkings gave me lots of problems when tubeless but have been quite happy for the last 18 months with tubes in them. Also managed to repair a dented rim which had been irritating me.
What Have You Fettled Today?
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Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
This was during the week, but still...
Trying to find what is wrong with this Nexus hub...
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I reckon it would work a lot better if you put all of those pieces back together!
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
I reckon it would work a lot better if you put all of those pieces back together!
You have come to the heart of the matter right there: when reassembled, the b*gg*r wouldn't work properly.
I'm not able to invest any more time in the thing so it had been taken over by a client, who is a former marine engineer and far more capable with these things than I will ever be.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Whenever I try to fix something complicated, I always seem to find one part left over after reassembling it!
MadMalx
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Settle, Yorkshire Dales
I’ve been running those 35mm G-ones with mudguards this last month or so. Very happy with the grip on broken, wet roads and comfy at around 45psi. Ive been much more confident and not noticed extra drag.
Good to hear. I was getting leaf debris gunging the mudguard on the 38mm gravelking tyres this last autumn and rear wheel slippage on leafy climbs. I’ll try them at 45 psi as you suggest, I usually head to 50 psi, so will experiment. They were quite tight to fit on the kinlin rims but perhaps as a result they jumped onto the bead first time.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Whenever I try to fix something complicated, I always seem to find one part left over after reassembling it!
I have that problem: I had to keep disassembling it to put bits in: my client, on the other hand, has found moving parts I doubt Shimano knew about, cleaned them and got them working again... This is why he's an engineer, and I'm a social worker.
Wheelspinner
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- Down the pointy end of Tassie.
Opinions sought: would you bother?
I have this CAAD 8 bike, bought used for cheap, which I've had on an indoor trainer for the last year or so and done around 4,000 km on there. The groupset is mostly old 10 speed Shimano 105 which is getting fairly tired now. Cranks have been replaced and are now decent (well, for BB30 at least.. ).
I've never liked the colour scheme and graphics on it - way too busy. I am considering stripping the frame completely and doing a respray, and perhaps building something "interesting".
Worth the effort or not? I like having a project to fettle, but been 10 years or more since I last did something like this. Not actually ridden this out on a road at all so I'm wondering if these are good enough to do up?
I have this CAAD 8 bike, bought used for cheap, which I've had on an indoor trainer for the last year or so and done around 4,000 km on there. The groupset is mostly old 10 speed Shimano 105 which is getting fairly tired now. Cranks have been replaced and are now decent (well, for BB30 at least.. ).
I've never liked the colour scheme and graphics on it - way too busy. I am considering stripping the frame completely and doing a respray, and perhaps building something "interesting".
Worth the effort or not? I like having a project to fettle, but been 10 years or more since I last did something like this. Not actually ridden this out on a road at all so I'm wondering if these are good enough to do up?
Punkawallah
Veteran
teeonethousand
Über Member
Flipped the rear chip on my Revolt today and therefore moved the rear wheel back 10mm. My 45 mm Gravel Kings were a bit close to my mudguards …tons of clearance now. 👍. I am looking forward to noticing the difference in wheelbase…though I doubt I will.
