Fine yesterday - played a couple of hours of tennis - legs ok today.
Will do some 30 milers this week and see how it goes... Have a bit more time now as SWMBO getting over her 'flu...
Ray P wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:15 pm
The puncture resistant tyres I use are Schwalbe Marathon Plus - they're not the cheapest tyres by any means but they work. If you shop around online you can often get a good price for a pair.
Just ordered a pair of these from Wiggle - found a 10 quid discount code online too ("NEWGB" - valid to end of March), so hopefully that'll be the last puncture for a while...
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On my Specialized road bike I've been running 25mm Schwalbe Duranos; they're probably not the fastest tyre availabe but have excellent ride/grip and very good puncture resistance. I'll probably get some more for the new Vitus bike in due course.
It's also worth getting decent inner tubes too (if you've not gone for tubulars or tubeless). On my commuter bike I have a Schwalbe tube on the back and a raleigh on the front - I need to top up the air in the front every 3-4 days but I haven't touched the back for weeks, in fact probably more than a month.
I was skeptical about those Schwarble Marathon Plus tyres but they've been on my beater/shopping/leave-anywhere-bike for about 4 years now and they've been great. Still going strong. Like!
I've been assembling my new commuter/runabout bike this evening. Progressing well except that the git on ebay that I bought the new 650B wheels from hasn't despatched them and isn't responding to any messages. I've opened an ebay case so I'm reasonably confident I'll get my money back but it just takes so long!
right...now for it..
Harry Holdsworth is finally getting the makeover...complete service(well nearly), strip and clean, new tyres and Bowdens.
The mudguards are going(contrary to past advice on this forum) and the chain will be replaced.
Now the question....
I think I need a chain extractor. This is new to me as the last time I took a chain off it had one of those elongated circlip thingies.
But...the biopace crank says I need a shimano narrow chain. Gear set is 400ex. So are these chain splitter gizmos one size fits all or do I need a special one for Shimano narrow chain. The current chain has a special link with a slot hole on opposit corners but all I've read on the interweb says don't remove/replace with this link as it weakens..not that it matters cos I'll have a new chain.
but I need to get this chain off cleanly so the chap in the shop doesn't laugh/shout at me for being a thicko.
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be
One size fits both bike chain sizes ed
Chains are easy to fit with the tool. Crap tools are about £3 on ebay.. but they do work or just take it in somewhere to have a new chain fitted
Chains start at less than a tenner but if you buy a decent( read more expensive one ) some shops will fit it for free.
I've just finished refurbing a '51 holdsworth cyclone track frame
Be a proper fixy when that's together
The tube manual is quite like a telephone book. The number of it perfect. It is useful to make it possible to speak with a girl. But we can't see her beautiful face from the telephone number
I headed out at just after seven o'clock this morning, brrrr, it was flipping cold in the fog and my fingers were really numb cos I didn't think to take my full winter gloves. It's just starting to warm up and clear now.
Ray P wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:03 am
IMHO there's only one proper place for a proper fixie and that's a proper track...
The're be a brake of course. ..
The tube manual is quite like a telephone book. The number of it perfect. It is useful to make it possible to speak with a girl. But we can't see her beautiful face from the telephone number
steve s wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2019 5:02 pm
The're be a brake of course. ..
Very sensible, if you want to ride it on the road you'd have to have a front brake anyway. Legally you need 2 independent brakes on a bike IIRC. Pedal resistance braking qualifies on a Fixed gear bike as one type so with an additional front brake you can ride with just a front one fitted. A few years ago I tried it for a while just riding locally, I didn't like it, I like 2 brakes on my bike, especially in London.