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Contaminated Haggis

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  1. Was in the same boat with a rather unused tubby. I unstitched near the hole, exposed the tube, patched it and sewed it back up again. The repaired tubby lasted another 6 months but blew about 10km's from the finish at the Campus to Campus last year. I pump my tubbies to 11 bar and use my race bike once a week, so I got a lot of wear out of the tyre. I suppose plugs might work but the margin for error is so much greater, you could damage the tyre and tube further. With tubeless there is only the tyre to worry about, and you dont have the issue of having to align the tyre with the tube. Tubbies are used for their weight saving (I have yet to see a set of clinchers weighing under 1.3Kg's - my tubbies weigh 1.01Kg's), the risk of pinch flats is practically zero, and yes, less rolling resistance. The flip side is if you do puncture during a race or out on a ride the walk home isnt the greatest and the price of a new tubby hurts the pocket. Hope this helps
  2. Get your cholestrol checked if you are so worried. If its below 5 then you are good.
  3. Count your blessings guys, at least you will get a result, even if its a bit late. I broke a spoke after 75km's and had to stand on the side of the road like a do0$ for an hour. Anyway, looks like they fixed the problem and site is back up but the results are still not there yet. Shouldnt be too long now dougaroony2010-05-23 12:03:55
  4. Ok, after much ado, I decided to try it out. I stripped down my bike, removing the Campag 10 speed Record group and put on the new SRAM Red (shifters, crank and BB, front and rear dr's). All that remained of my old Campy groupset was the cassette and chain (semi new). After a few tweaks and test runs in the driveway, my shifting ran perfectly, no issues whatsoever. My bike looks great with the Red, although I do miss the trim on the front dr to be honest. Will test properly in the week in a group ride.
  5. Will Sram components (shifters and front and rear dr's) run on a Campy freebody, chain and cassette (10 speed)? Anyone tried this?
  6. Yes, but Nokia works the best, then HTC, then Ericsson, then Samsung. The Apple Iphone doesnt work because its just a big Ipod.
  7. they changed the distance from 94.7km to 96.5km. The average speeds will all change.
  8. All those Lance Armstrong jokes eventually came back to bite you in the nut dude !!
  9. When are you gonna learn?? You don't do Soweto, Soweto does you !! dougaroony2009-08-11 04:47:26
  10. Who says he needs any? Are you saying LA has lost the balls to win? touche
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