On your Bike

[Skull]

Gosh! That must have made you jump Gary!

Not had it happen to me but I've seen an inner tube slowly escape from a crack and expand up like a huge balloon before going bang!

Luckily I was a few rooms/doors away from it when it went off Jim otherwise it might have been a bit more obvious what the hell the noise was, I imagine a similar senario to that, even at 50 psi the tube would escape from the weakend sidewall if I were to attempt to re-use that tyre!

Choosing new tyres is not easy with there being many to pick from. I put Schwalbe Marathon 700x38c ones on a Raleigh hybrid bike and I am happy with them, along with new inner tubes. They ride better than the ones on my Giant Fast Road AR3 hybrid with Gavia Fondo AR Tubeless, 700x40c which do not seem right when turning and a bit noisy.

Cheers PaulC5 I've heard good things about the Marathon tyres but I shall try to obtain a similar Vandorm Wind (26" puncture resistant) which were proving to be hardwearing - the only downside seemed to be getting them mounted initially without wrecking the inner tube, requires extreme force and traditional metal tyre levers and they also squeel a bit if cornering with too much enthusiasm.

Ebay

1.95's tyre only is currently out of stock, from the same seller they're £17.99 so this wider 2.1 including an inner tube looks a bargain for £9.89

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[CitroJim]

I'm very much out of the loop with bike tyres these days... I've always been very happy with the Conti GT5000 on my Propel. Long life, good grip and fairly puncture resistant give they're fundamentally slick racing tyres...

[mickthemaverick]

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[CitroJim]

Of possible interest to you bikers?

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Good find, the bell is of no use to me but that Garmin mount looks good. Far better than the default plastic affairs...

[CitroJim]

Yay! I'm fit and healthy enough to race again

Here I am in action at the hilly and 'technical' Whaddon Time Trial last evening

This is the first time this year I have been able to race and the shame is there's only one more round of the current season to go

Better late than never and for reasons many of those of you who know the background will understand, this is a massive accomplishment for me

One picture really does speak a thousand words....

[NewcastleFalcon]

The number noticer in me sees that this is the 100th Page for the thread, thanks to all those contributing and viewing. Time to consider derailleur gears, not to be confused with Disraeli Gears the 1967 album by Cream. with its psychedelic cover.

Just in case the casual observer or less dyed-in-the-wool cycling aficionardo stumbles across this Falcon-started thread, I had the need to come across this as a result of a new Mountain bike purchased by the youngest of the Falcon clan after much saved up pocket money, and many tasks carried out.

Not quite set up right in the derailleur gears department out of the bike shop, a bit of adjustment required, so off to youtube to find out how to adjust them. By chance I stumble across the best instructional video ever posted on Youtube! (as evidenced by the comments!)

My own road bike of 41 year old vintage has a more primitive arrangement with the "shifters" two manual levers on the frame. None of this indexing stuff just "feel", so I needed a bit of updating!



Neil

PS I can see that in adjusting these things, ideally a bike repair stand makes the job easier and yes youtube also comes up with a nice simple DIY one made with one six foot 4x4 post and a few 2x4 wood supports.

[CitroJim]

I have no need of such videos Neil; my bike has Di2 fully electronic gear shifting and thus no cables - except small electrical ones.

I'd never go back to mechanical gear shifting now.

The only thing I have to remember to do is charge its battery every now and again; no juice means no gears although it does let you know gracefully by refusing to shift the front rings when the battery is getting low - it still allows a few rear mech. changes and is a kind of 'limp home' for bikes. The reason is the big front rings take a lot more power to shift compared to the smaller rear rings...

[mickthemaverick]

Could that be a reason to bring back the old front hub dynamo to switch in to charge the battery when needed so you don't have to limp home?

[myglaren]

If your bike had this technology it could charge your battery as you ride, and even operate lights at night,
Save using your carbide lamps.

[CitroJim]

Could that be a reason to bring back the old front hub dynamo to switch in to charge the battery when needed so you don't have to limp home?

To be honest Mick, it's not really a problem. The battery lasts for months upon end - it's not as if it needs charging every ride.

In fact, the battery lasts so long between charges many riders completely forget about them until 'limp home' happens!

Save using your carbide lamps.

Carbide lights were good Steve Not used one for many years now - LED technology has eclipsed them.