Where has your bike taken you today?

[Hairy]

17 hours ago, Jbr said:

Little post race spin testing the repairs on my bibs and on the bike (with the addition of a set of skin wall tubeless that are finally available in the country !)

Not sure about the bar tape though ????

There must be a back story to this pic

[Jbr]

1 minute ago, Hairy said:

There must be a back story to this pic

 ????

[Eddy Gordo]

26 minutes ago, Jbr said:

Table view and milnerton's nice cycle paths

 

Always so nice to puncture a brand new set of tyres after less than 50km... front tyres lasted 34km and rear tyre 44km....that one being to badly cut that I struggle to seal it even with a plug...

I have seen stans darts work wonders with longish cuts. I wont use a std plug any longer.

[Hairy]

1 minute ago, Eddy Gordo said:

I have seen stans darts work wonders with longish cuts. I wont use a std plug any longer.

I helped a guy with a couple of failed Stans Darts on the lane before ... I used my normal bacon strips to get him back on the road.

My new favourite solution is using strips of leather and patch solution as a tubeless solution plugs. End results have been really good.

[Eddy Gordo]

8 minutes ago, Hairy said:

I helped a guy with a couple of failed Stans Darts on the lane before ... I used my normal bacon strips to get him back on the road.

My new favourite solution is using strips of leather and patch solution as a tubeless solution plugs. End results have been really good.

Damn, thanks for the tip. Seems like there will always be an occasion.... nothing will beat a puncture that doesnt want to be fixed I suppose!

[Jbr]

the small plug held, kind of, up to 5 psi, the big one just pops out... **** there's a real curse with tanwalls, this tyre has 50km and is good for the bin, awesome...

[Hairy]

46 minutes ago, Jbr said:

the small plug held, kind of, up to 5 psi, the big one just pops out... **** there's a real curse with tanwalls, this tyre has 50km and is good for the bin, awesome...

From commuting that route over the years I have resorted to only fitting el cheapo tyres on the commuter due to glass and metal shards.

[Jbr]

26 minutes ago, Hairy said:

From commuting that route over the years I have resorted to only fitting el cheapo tyres on the commuter due to glass and metal shards.

I ride there almost every day, but somehow only get the bad punctures when I do so on new tyres FFS.... Then once my tyres have 5/6 punctures for some reason I never have issues again while riding, just a flat tyre in the morning, I inflate and go and then it's good for a few days... when it starts happening more often than not I put on a new set....and unfortunately everytime I end up with a bad one within the next couple of rides. I will probably fix it from the inside, but the problem is everytime I plug or fix a tubeless tyre from the inside, it eventually ends up building a massive clog in the tyre that makes the wheel very unbalanced and very annoying on the trainer. That and the fact that it always threatens to pop and give me a flat...

In france the shops I rented from where looking at me funny when I asked if I could have 2 spare tubes instead of one... Truth is here with the amount of idiots throwing beer bottles on the road, punctures happen almost on a daily basis if you ride a lot...

Edited September 7, 2021 by Jbr

[Ispeed_V]

Not quite today but a few days back.

The misty back roads of the Wilderness.

[The Ouzo]

3 minutes ago, Jbr said:

I ride there almost every day, but somehow only get the bad punctures when I do so on new tyres FFS.... Then once my tyres have 5/6 punctures for some reason I never have issues again while riding, just a flat tyre in the morning, I inflate and go and then it's good for a few days... when it starts happening more often than not I put on a new set....and unfortunately everytime I end up with a bad one within the next couple of rides. I will probably fix it from the inside, but the problem is everytime I plug or fix a tubeless tyre from the inside, it eventually ends up building a massive clog in the tyre that makes the wheel very unbalanced and very annoying on the trainer. That and the fact that it always threatens to pop and give me a flat...

If france the shops I rented from where looking at me funny when I asked if I could have 2 spare tubes instead of one... Truth is here with the amount of idiots throwing beer bottles on the road, punctures happen almost on a daily basis if you ride a lot...

Its always green glass.

 

My tyres are still pretty good tread wise, but the amount of cuts on them that seep sealant overnight has me waiting for the day I find my wheel flat when i get to my bike in the morning. Hence me having a spare set of tyres waiting to go on.

[TNT1]

8 minutes ago, ouzo said:

Its always green glass.

 

My tyres are still pretty good tread wise, but the amount of cuts on them that seep sealant overnight has me waiting for the day I find my wheel flat when i get to my bike in the morning. Hence me having a spare set of tyres waiting to go on.

I have a couple of spare bikes for when that happens. No way I'm changing a tyre at 5:30 in the morning.

Edited September 7, 2021 by TNT1

[The Ouzo]

1 minute ago, TNT1 said:

I have a couple of spare bikes for when that happens.

not all of us are rolling in the money

 

 

[Pikey]

When you leave the gravel bike at home knowing a tad harder slog is coming . Over biked maybe, but had to wipe the cobwebs of to see if the wheels still turned ????  

All good ????

 

[Frosty]

4 hours ago, ouzo said:

not all of us are rolling in the money

 

 

A spare wheelset is my preferred option ????

[DJR]

3 hours ago, Pikey said:

When you leave the gravel bike at home knowing a tad harder slog is coming . Over biked maybe, but had to wipe the cobwebs of to see if the wheels still turned ????  

All good ????

 

Guy by the name of Robert Ruark said "Use Enough Gun".........I think that goes for bikes too! No use being under-biked! 

[fanievb]

7 hours ago, Hairy said:

I helped a guy with a couple of failed Stans Darts on the lane before ... I used my normal bacon strips to get him back on the road.

My new favourite solution is using strips of leather and patch solution as a tubeless solution plugs. End results have been really good.

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