Your latest bike purchase?
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@Tim Kelley 112466 wrote:
Is this you leaking info about who you’re going to be racing for this season?
No, no; I am just gonna get one of their non-race (yellow) kits. Free advertising — plus it’s a nice, relatively hi-viz kit for the early morning rides.
I don’t have time to race (or to train) with a real team. We have a just-for-fun team that is what used to be our company team (since most of us now work for different companies). So I’ll be racing with that kit. No more race fee reimbursements and $300 annual equipment allowance for me. Man, we had a pretty sweet deal
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@hozn 111954 wrote:
Winter is over so trying out some new lighter-duty tires.
Well, a couple hundred miles later (at most) and the rear tire exploded riding over a rock on the W&OD. A triangular gash of ~5-7mm dimensions. I used a gel as a tire boot.
And then a few hundred yards later a clothespin spring (so it appeared) found its way into the same tire. I guess it is good I carry a patch kit in addition. And good I had picked up my son early.
WTF!? It was probably just really bad luck, but I threw that tire in the trash and replaced both of them with my GP4000S tires from last year. I kept the front Strada, of course, to use once I flat on my Contis and prove that it was just a string of bad luck.
@hozn 112686 wrote:
WTF!? It was probably just really bad luck, but I threw that tire in the trash and replaced both of them with my GP4000S tires from last year. I kept the front Strada, of course, to use once I flat on my Contis and prove that it was just a string of bad luck.
Booo, that sucks. I haven’t had any issues with mine yet – about 800 miles as a rear FG tire.
@vvill 112696 wrote:
Booo, that sucks. I haven’t had any issues with mine yet – about 800 miles as a rear FG tire.
Yeah, I was just thinking to myself on the way home “these tires might be good in Poolesville road race [on account of the gravel]”. Well, no confidence with their ability to ride on gravel.
It is ok; the 25mm GP4000S is definitely a faster rolling tire, seems about the same width. And thanks to my switch from Velo plugs to Pacenti blue tape, was able to mount without special tools.
If anyone wants a 200-mile 120tpi Strada LGG for $20 lemme know. Otherwise I will keep it as a spare (and probably give it away in a couple years when I never use it)
@hozn 112697 wrote:
If anyone wants a 200-mile 120tpi Strada LGG for $20 lemme know. Otherwise I will keep it as a spare (and probably give it away in a couple years when I never use it)
Have you ever tried to mount it under a rim brake? I’ve wanted to try these for Rough Roubaix, etc, and based on the reviews I’m willing to chance that yours was a bad apple, but I don’t know that they’ll fit under my brakes.
@DaveK 112701 wrote:
Have you ever tried to mount it under a rim brake? I’ve wanted to try these for Rough Roubaix, etc, and based on the reviews I’m willing to chance that yours was a bad apple, but I don’t know that they’ll fit under my brakes.
Rim brake!? People still use those??
J/k, but no haven’t tried. They did not seem super wide, though, probably were measuring around 28mm on my 19mm-internal-width (i.e. wide!) rims.
I am sure you are right and it was just defective tire. I have had defective Contis too.
@hozn 112697 wrote:
Yeah, I was just thinking to myself on the way home “these tires might be good in Poolesville road race [on account of the gravel]”. Well, no confidence with their ability to ride on gravel.
It is ok; the 25mm GP4000S is definitely a faster rolling tire, seems about the same width. And thanks to my switch from Velo plugs to Pacenti blue tape, was able to mount without special tools.
If anyone wants a 200-mile 120tpi Strada LGG for $20 lemme know. Otherwise I will keep it as a spare (and probably give it away in a couple years when I never use it)
On sale for $30 if you don’t get to buy Hozn’s.
I was thinking of running these for the JB Gran Fondo, but now having second thoughts.
@americancyclo 112716 wrote:
On sale for $30 if you don’t get to buy Hozn’s.
I was thinking of running these for the JB Gran Fondo, but now having second thoughts.
Oh, I will lower my price to $15 in that case!
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