GuyBoden
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I do think that very long mudflaps at the front and rear do help to decrease the amount of mud getting between the tyre and mudguard.
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Flaps are great for stopping spray but not sure about decreasing mud. Surely the mud is already on the tyre ? Or does the flap scrape the tyre ?I do think that very long mudflaps at the front and rear do help to decrease the amount of mud getting between the tyre and mudguard.
Apologies Blue Hills, I meant to reply to this and then found myself very unwell and not up to doing anything much. All better now. It was a little joke really based on our previous chats when I think you've said you thought I was an out and out roadie meaning I might not want to be on a heavier perhaps more practical bike - especially as she's laden with mudguards, a rear pack, a front pack, lights etc!!!!!Nice
when you say "built-up" you mean you put the bits together yourself?
I had the idea that you got the lbs to do most things
am also intrigued, at the risk of getting too intimate, as to why I would be/was surprised at you riding such a beast.
Back to the bike - am impresesd by the daylight i can see under the guards - no coathangers in the seatpack for you.
>>You can probably see it's also set up for short tours.
Can't see a rack. Is the fork carbon? You plan to attach things to it?
my advice is to ride a bike which when you want it to will take tyres up to 28 or wider.I have a Spa Steel Audax with full mudguards
Only time I had trouble was when I tried 28s
I put the 25s back on
far be it from me to give advice but .....
Yep the Ridgeback, limiting factor with tyres are the Chainstays which are quite tight but I only run 28s on that bike, mudguards on it are clip on 'Flingers' not full guards but they keep the worst off.my advice is to ride a bike which when you want it to will take tyres up to 28 or or wider.
I do have a nice hybrid set up with narrow guards which will only take 28 because of that - but it could take up to 38 with ease with appropriate guards. Excellent bike - fine for Audaxes. It's also the favourite bike of @raleighnut I think.
And pothole manufacturers are in on it too.This wide tyres thing is just a marketing ploy to get you all to buy new bikes to fit the modern fat tyre theory
seems to be working :-)
except you might not have to buy a new bike of course if you hadn't followed the earlier fad.This wide tyres thing is just a marketing ploy to get you all to buy new bikes to fit the modern fat tyre theory
seems to be working :-)
buying a new bike is insane?Only problem with that is it can't be applied to a pre existing bike.
I'm not buying a whole new bike just to fix this issue. That would be insane.
I'll just go back to 25s next time I change tyres. I can't tell any difference between them and 28s
This wide tyres thing is just a marketing ploy to get you all to buy new bikes to fit the modern fat tyre theory
seems to be working :-)
except you might not have to buy a new bike of course if you hadn't followed the earlier fad.
agree - though you forgot the V brake of course - I know it's considered ugly/so no non rulze by some but I find it very accommodating.Couldn't agree more 27x 1 3/8th, pretty similar width to the 700 x 35mm on my modern gravel bike. The side pull caliper has a lot to answer for answer for.
Disc brakes aren't the only solution for getting fat tires on "road" bikes. Long live the centre pull caliper & the canti.
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*small disclaimer I changed these tyres for some 27 1 1/8th (28.6mm in new money)
what's the "crap one"? will it take wider tyres?I have no plans to buy another. I'm not entirely ruling it out - after all my bike may get nicked or broken, or something like that, but unless that happens I'm sticking with the one I've got. I do have vague plans to get rid of the crap one that I haven't ridden for about 5 years.