The Cycling Thread

Do you wash your hands at all

Almost got some orange ones but doubt I'd be able to get the exact shade to match which would just irritate me.

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Dirty white tape looks cool though. Like it’s been properly ridden

Definitely wash the gloves regularly. Otherwise.... Ew.

Bet they smell of popcorn

Swallowed the first largeish fly of the year today.

Hope it hadn't been on anything too manky beforehand. 😀

I think it was a bit suicidal tbh or very much on the worst flightpath possible.

I was pechin' up a hill, it just blazed right in the small gap of my open mouth & straight to the back of the throat & then down.

It's not something that happens often. Usually if it does i can catch 'em & spit them out again. Not today...

I got a fly in the eye on a descent yesterday. Wasn’t a great experience. I left my sunglasses on my bedside table and I was 5k out before i realised I didn’t have them on.

Had a really gentle 30 mile ride last weekend and was fine, upped it up to 40 yesterday and just knocked it back a bit on all the climbs. One other guy missed a month of the bike with covid as well at the same as me, so it’s been quite easy to not fall into trying to keep up with the others. Just been freewheeling at the back with him. Probably owe a few coffees to the others mind you. 😂

Stans race sealant is the standard afaik. Tubeless only wheels would suck though, sure you can’t put a tube in there? You’ll be screwed if the sealant doesn’t take. Are they hookless?

I wouldn’t use tubes (apart from the get home) with tubeless tyres- there’s no point in having thicker tubeless sidewalls, and that extra weight, and then adding a tube too.

I’ve used loads, never that impressed with Stans, I think they’re just marketed heavily. Orange Seal Endurance has worked best for me. It’s odd stuff- thinner than anything else but it seals awkward rim/tyre combos or leaky sidewalls better than anything else I’ve used and the tyres hold pressure better between use too.

The pressure blast chamber thingies are ace, really take the stress out of it, even better if the pump has the facility built in.

It’s still a system that needs a bit of tightening up- years back I’d have hour long sweaty nightmares trying to get tyres to seat and stay inflated, but the last four or five wheels I’ve done have worked first time. Perhaps the rim and tyre manufacturers have finally got their tolerances down better.

A valve removal tool is needed, can grab them cheap on ebay, it’s often worth putting the sealant in, removing the valve core and inflating that way so you can get the biggest rush of air. Once seated you can put your finger over the stem and quickly screw the core back in, it’s usually still inflated enough to stay put. I’ve also got a plastic syringe and a little tube just to inject the fluid in through the valve, but some sealants come with something like that, and otherwise you can get the tyre on the rim, pop off a small section and tip fluid in that way, still works.

Man, this tubeless malarkey really seems like another world. I haven't tried them yet, but am tempted for this apparently mythical new bike I'm going to get.

Between the missus' home renovations and now new plans for a kitchen upgrade, along with rising bills it gets further away on an almost monthly basis...

Sad face.

It has a burst tank which can be filled up to 160PSI and released in one go - so I'd presume that would do the trick?

I'll grab one of those too!

I just need work to hurry up and approve my order. I want my new wheels!

Take the valve core out of the stem to maximise airflow when seating the bead, then reinflate after putting it back in