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I’m predicting another Volagi will be making its way into DC/NoVa. I really enjoyed the ride feel when trying those out for the n+1 challenge.

I’m going to be selling my blue steel Viaje (57cm) w/ under 500 miles, Athena 11-sp, FSA carbon cranks, BB7s very soon. I’m thinking I’ll ask $2k (retail as built is about $3k) on the open market but would happily give a “friends of the forum” discount to know that it’s going to a great forever home.

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@KayakCyndi 141391 wrote:

Yep, return the conti’s. For road tires, I’m loving my Schwalbe Pro Ones. If you need more puncture resistance my Schwalbe Duranos have been nice too …. I haven’t had any trouble mounting them and they roll so much nicer than my old Gatorskin Hardshells.

Are you running these tubeless?

I had a weird thing happen with both these and the Schwalbe G-One gravel tires (I love both tires btw). On occasions when I’ve run these with tubes they have a strange bump or swell that’s very noticeable on the road. The bump is vertical (not pushing out the sidewall) and I’ve not been able to figure out what’s causing it. It’s only happened on these tubeless tires with tubes.

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@Steve O 141498 wrote:

I am going to respectfully disagree with this, as someone who earned a gold in 2015. For two reasons:

– I like to believe that although I averaged 19.6 mph to achieve the gold, I did not in any way create danger or discomfort to other riders riding either slower or faster. I believe it is entirely possible to ride safely, courteously and (sort of) fast.

– I don’t believe that eliminating the medals will stop those riders who are trying to make it 6 laps from still trying and still behaving exactly the same way.

Agree with Steve. As long as it remains a bike ride there will be people riding it fast regardless of medals.

I think the only options are separate events for faster riders and casual riders or at least some kind of staggered start. I guess you could have/enforce speed limits and restrictions on pacelines as well.

At this point, there’s no way I’d take my kid to this event or recommend it to anyone.

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Also, don’t hit other people with your bike and if you do don’t be a jerk and quickly ride off regardless of that person’s musical preferences.

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Yes.

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I love this design and definitely could see it being useful for long commutes where going faster means saving 20-30 min of commuting time per day. There are times when smaller backpack or large saddle bag isn’t enough and I need the extra space of a pannier but don’t want to bother attaching ye ole metal rack. Not to mention the 18 months I commuted on a road bike before getting a fast commuter.

I could see using it for light touring as well. Imagine being able to slap that baby on your road bike, load up some gear, ride to a remote camp site. Dump gear and rack. Ride some more unloaded.

All that said, the price point doesn’t justify those use cases for me. Still, I’m impressed with the design and hope it does well.

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I signed up for this but instead am going to gravel race in WV that weekend so my DCBR registration is up for sale. I paid $50. It’s now $60. I confirmed that it can be transferred.

Holler if you are interested.

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Those are some great suggestions — not you, Steve O, that was crap — but I was thinking something closer to home aka less money.

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This one looks very tempting…

May 21-22. Somewhere in WV.

https://www.bikereg.com/mountain-state-dirty-double-roubaix

Each stage of the MSDD is 36″ish” miles in length, with around 4000ft of climbing. Road conditions for each stage consist of paved, tar & chip, gravel and dirt roads.

Anyone want to share a ride and camp site? I can drive the family minivan which now serves as bike transport vehicle since it’s paid off, beat to hell, and still runs good (enough).

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Those S-Ones looks great as a daily commuter around here as well but they do seem to be about $30 more each than the G-Ones. I was a bit disappointed in the Pro Ones durability. My rear tire lasted about 3k miles. I never rotated them though. I’ve moved the old front to the rear wheel and am now running a new Pro One on the front w/ a spare ready to go when needed.

Have you guys seen these new one-way tubeless stems from MilKits? This looks like a really cool system that allows you to remove the valve core and add sealant w/o losing air.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2015/04/27/milkits-innovative-valve-is-the-answer-to-all-of-our-tubeless-problems/

Lyzene also is coming out w/ a tubeless pump like the Bontrager (which I ended up getting and love so far).

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/gallery/sea-otter-fabric-tools-milkit-tubeless-system-and-more_402848
http://www.bikerumor.com/2016/03/10/tpe16-lezyne-adds-tubeless-fat-bike-options-with-new-pressure-over-drive-and-micro-floor-drive-xl/

Edit for Hozn: Nope, I’ve no experience w/ the Triggers and maybe I’m being unkind in saying 3k isn’t a reasonable life for a rear tire…

I wish I could go to Spruce Knob but I’ll be in Vegas. I’m hoping the G-Ones are good for Hilly Billy but I guess that will depend on conditions. I definitely plan on getting the X-Ones for cross season.

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It’s definitely a thing:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/capitalcrescenttrail/permalink/615425948610619/

I really don’t have an issue w/ enforcement of the stop signs on the northern part of the CCT or even speed in that crowded area. Stationing police near the tunnel — the middle of the trail w/ the least amount of use by walkers, dogs, kids, elderly, etc. — seems unnecessary at best.

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I’m going to put in a plug here for the Schwalbe G-One gravel tires on the “gravel vs slick” debate. I’ve got a few hundred miles on them now including tow path, Cabin John single track, and the Rough Roubaix short course.

I flat out love them primarily for how smooth and fast they are on pavement. I’ve commuted on them and barely noticed a difference between the 35 gravel tire and the 28 Pro One road tire. They are just great and obviously do well off road although I’ve not tested them in mud or wet conditions.

For Rough Roubaix I ran them about 60 psi since it was dry and there was a lot of road and was very pleased with my time.

They mounted easily on the rims (tubeless), hold air, and seem like they are durable…but we’ll see about that.

Here’s video of Rough Roubaix gravel sections

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I am positive I’ve done dumber things ranging from putting tires on backwards (rotational direction) to chain routing to removing cables to swap bars instead of just removing the shifters…but this was the most painful. Pedal removal gone wrong = chainring piercing.

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I’m not sure how I feel about promoting products on this forum but this pack looks pretty damn cool…

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Anyone else going to Rough Roubaix in Harrisonburg next weekend? I’m doing the short course.

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