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Andreas_187

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  1. What are you talking about. I'm talking about 5 bar, not 500 bar. You have to pump your tyres up to ride don't you. So are you constantly riding worried that the tyre will blow up?
  2. Is this a joke, the chocolate croissants are always sold out... I need to get there quicker
  3. There are many ways to skin a cat but for the best and most reliable results I use: Stan's yellow tape, Orange Seal & Goodyear F1 tyres. This combination should be good for 6000 trouble free kilometres I have tried Joe's Sealant, Joe's Road Sealant, Stan's, Stan's Race, Sludge and a few others. They only seem to seal the tyre at low pressures. Joe's Road sealant claims it can seal at over 110psi, it doesn't work. I have tried Schwalbe Pro One's, Goodyear F1's & GP5000TR's. They all work very well but the Goodyears has an additional lip on the bead of the tyre which makes it really easy to seal with a hand pump. GP5000TL's are notorious for being a pain in the behind to get on and are not recommended for hookless wheels. The TR's are better but not as easy as Schwalbe or Goodyear. I have used Duct tape or Gorilla tape with varying results. Usually you can see sealant leaking from the nipples which means it has gone past the tape. Orange Seal & Goodyears are available from lanoysports.co.za (I have zero affiliation to them) Gp5000 are >R1300, Schwalbe are ~R1200, Goodyear F1's are R800
  4. You're making it sound so difficult. I changed a spoke 30 minutes ago. I just put rim tape on, then the tyre, then the sealant and pumped it up to 5 bar and finished in 10 minutes. I should have made a video
  5. Airlines do not allow lithium batteries of that size. Maximum is basically what is in your laptop
  6. Let's go??? Nothing is going to happen except forcing the tyre to seat against the rim. The rim tape should definitely not be poking out the side
  7. It really isn't that difficult. Stop using GT and sealant. Get some Stan's yellow tape, one layer and finish. Sealant and pump up to 5 bar. Spin the wheel around so the sealant is moving all over the tyre and finish. This should take 10 minutes
  8. The rims must be tubeless compatible, 5 to 5.5 bar is plenty so you get increased comfort and better rolling resistance
  9. Were the roads closed off in the early days?
  10. I can't afford it, I just bought a R300,000 bike
  11. I'm pretty sure that rubber band is there to protect your inner tube. Remove it and replace with tape for tubeless
  12. Happened to me once, bike fell over at a coffee stop and bent the hanger slightly. I bent it back but it had been weakened and snapped 20km later when I got to a climb causing the same damage as you
  13. It was one of the only countries that didn't have south africa on the red list last August. A friend of mine went and said the same as you.
  14. I was forced to use Stan's because Orange Seal wasn't available here at the time. It didn't seal the puncture and it left an awful mess. I ended up removing the front derailleur and crank and separating the chain rings to clear all the mess off. Never again. Orange Seal peels off easily with just a finger. Orange Seal has fixed punctures instantly at 95psi (this is before we were told theax should be 75psi). Anyway, I rode that was for over 10,000km no issues
  15. Rosmead is becoming a no-go zone early in the morning
  16. It's nice to ride every now and again without a helmet. No big deal
  17. True, to be honest don't always feel sorry for them when the scam is plenty obvious
  18. He might be an idiot but he's making money. I saw a posts on Facebook golf hub where he has successfully scammed people
  19. Seller should have advertised product as Fork with Remote Lockout without Remote Lockout
  20. Remote Colour TV for sale (no remote included)
  21. He's picking up all the wanted ads on BikeHub but he's not seeing this thread, strange
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