Fuzzy
Hearts Cov
nicely done. sounds like you did it all outside rather than on zwift.
The Cycling Chat Thread
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braindancer
not for long
Yeah I've never got into indoor cycling... it has very little appeal to me....
Fuzzy
Hearts Cov
until I started using zwift I was the same. grinding away on one of the old style turbo trainers was very dull.
paul russell999
Well-Known Member
Hi. I've got a bike that I use to cycle into town on roads or cycle paths - about 30 minutes every day. I've mended a couple of punctures in the last week. As I've got arthritis in my hands and wrists, the pain next day has been very nasty. It's mainly due the last bit of fitting the tyre into the wheel, which requires a bit of force.
I noticed that the tyre itself really is bare and needs replacing, so I need to buy a new tyre.
In the past I've bought tyres that were easier to fit as the sidewall bit was much thinner than the rest of the tyre. I'm looking to buy something online - I don't have any decent bike shops near me to take a look - and I don't know what search terms etc. to use.
The tyre dimensions are 26 by 1.95 inches.
Any ideas?!
I noticed that the tyre itself really is bare and needs replacing, so I need to buy a new tyre.
In the past I've bought tyres that were easier to fit as the sidewall bit was much thinner than the rest of the tyre. I'm looking to buy something online - I don't have any decent bike shops near me to take a look - and I don't know what search terms etc. to use.
The tyre dimensions are 26 by 1.95 inches.
Any ideas?!
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
I have seen ads pop up on SM for tyre fitting devices that take the strain out of it. I haven't got one so can't vouch for them but there is a review here of the main ones.
www.cyclinguk.org
Group test: Tight-tyre tools | Cycling UK
Fitting tight tyres requires good technique and grip strength – or maybe just a different kind of lever. Cycle mechanic Liz Colebrook tests four
www.cyclinguk.org
weepiper
I fix the machines that fight climate change
A tyre jack like the ones spitfire has posted might be just the thing for you - we've got a Koolstop one at work and it's really great when your thumbs are just too sore to pull the last bit over. You might find that whatever new tyre you get is just a better combination with the rim and will be easier to fit anyway although there isn't a particular tyre that is going to be easier than anything else - it's a tyre/rim combination thing, some are just more difficult than others. You can also give yourself more slack to play with by doing a couple of tricks. When you fit the tyre to the rim, having a bit of air in the tube makes it easier at first because it helps the tyre hold its shape so you can put the bead on the rim. When you get to that last difficult bit of the second bead, make sure you're ending up with it opposite the valve not next to it. Make sure the tube is inside the rim recess all the way round, then let all the air out of it. Go round the rest of the tyre and pull both bead seats into the middle recess of the rim. When you pass the valve, poke it back into the tyre a bit to make sure the tube isn't squashed against the beads there. Usually when you've done all this you'll be able to get the last bit of bead over more easily.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Also tyre in the dishwasher (or washing machine on the 'drum clean cycle') to heat it up and make it more pliable.
The tyre jack is risky on carbon rims because it can mar the gel coat of the composite construction. The ultimate weapon for the nightmare cases (which almost always are CF rims) is tyre lube.
twotyres.co.uk
The tyre jack is risky on carbon rims because it can mar the gel coat of the composite construction. The ultimate weapon for the nightmare cases (which almost always are CF rims) is tyre lube.
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paul russell999
Well-Known Member
Thanks for that!I have seen ads pop up on SM for tyre fitting devices that take the strain out of it. I haven't got one so can't vouch for them but there is a review here of the main ones.
Group test: Tight-tyre tools | Cycling UK
Fitting tight tyres requires good technique and grip strength – or maybe just a different kind of lever. Cycle mechanic Liz Colebrook tests four
paul russell999
Well-Known Member
Thanks. A lot of good advice. It was particularly hard to do on one occasion - maybe I made the mistake of doing the last bit close to the valve. Will look out for that...
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
figured out I cycle nearly 600 miles a month.!
sorting out my wet feet problem with army surplus NBC overboots!
7000 miles a year
Have a look at Seal Skinz socks for wet feet, the feet still feel cold from the water but they don’t get wet, so socks under them and you maybe a happier chap…
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
SealSkinz are brilliant
First got them for festivals, it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise I could also use them whilst riding a bike
First got them for festivals, it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise I could also use them whilst riding a bike
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
I'm not sure all SealSkinz are brilliant.
A few years ago I was on a 200k ride in pretty wet weather. At one of the checkpoints I was not the only person to be emptying large quantities of water out of SealSkinz gloves.
I was pretty pissed off with them. The gloves, I mean, not the other people.
A few years ago I was on a 200k ride in pretty wet weather. At one of the checkpoints I was not the only person to be emptying large quantities of water out of SealSkinz gloves.
I was pretty pissed off with them. The gloves, I mean, not the other people.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Never tried the gloves, just the socks.
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
I'm having saddle traumas. Can anyone find me a suitably comfortable one? My old one broke and the replacement I ordered online turned out to be ludicrously heavy, so I sent it back and got something more reasonable from my local shop but it's fecking agony.
This was the one I got online and is the right sort of thing. I need a comfort saddle and brown is good as the bike is vaguely retro. It's a Trek Allant, fairly upright riding position.
I suspect that they're now aiming them at electric bikes hence not trying to make them particularly light, but I live at the top of a bloody great hill so it matters to me. Unfortunately the Trek website only list the weight of some of their saddles.
The one I bought looks comfortable, but isn't, I don't know why. I've scoured local bike shops and nobody has anything.
This was the one I got online and is the right sort of thing. I need a comfort saddle and brown is good as the bike is vaguely retro. It's a Trek Allant, fairly upright riding position.
I suspect that they're now aiming them at electric bikes hence not trying to make them particularly light, but I live at the top of a bloody great hill so it matters to me. Unfortunately the Trek website only list the weight of some of their saddles.
The one I bought looks comfortable, but isn't, I don't know why. I've scoured local bike shops and nobody has anything.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Float Moderate
Bicycle seat or short urban rides, with a central cut-out for perineal relief.
www.selleroyal.com
I bought one of these for moomoo and she described it a “game changer”.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
If it's comfortable and ludicrously heavy* you want, then I heartily recommend the double-sprung Brooks B33
I have one on my Pashley Roadster and it does an amazing job of smoothing out the road surface. If you can unscrew the seat post quickly enough it would also make a lethal club for self-defence purposes.
*yes, I know you said you don't want a heavy saddle
I have one on my Pashley Roadster and it does an amazing job of smoothing out the road surface. If you can unscrew the seat post quickly enough it would also make a lethal club for self-defence purposes.
*yes, I know you said you don't want a heavy saddle
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
What an utter pile of shit. Cycling infrastructure designed by an idiot who thinks bikes are just small cars.
It's a shame really the rest was quite good although Amazon have been using them in videos to promote their electric delivery vehicles that are the size of tuk tuks and should be on the road.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The more it look at that thing the angrier I get. What a stupid waste of time, effort, and money.
How do they keep getting this stuff so wrong? It’s easy:
1 - Look at what the Dutch do
2 - Do that
How do they keep getting this stuff so wrong? It’s easy:
1 - Look at what the Dutch do
2 - Do that
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Do the Dutch have fast lanes for cyclists?
If so, I would be in 100% agreement
magneze
🎧
Was driving along a road today and the cycle lane was painted green at each junction.
Who knows what this is meant to mean?
Go for cyclists.
Go for motorists.
Watch out (weird colour for this)
Cycling is environmentally friendly.
How can we distract both motorists AND cyclists at these junctions.
Who knows what this is meant to mean?
Go for cyclists.
Go for motorists.
Watch out (weird colour for this)
Cycling is environmentally friendly.
How can we distract both motorists AND cyclists at these junctions.
BigTom
Well-Known Member
It's to make the cycle lane more visible to people coming out of side roads so that they look for cyclists using it. The colour doesn't matter, they are blue around me.Was driving along a road today and the cycle lane was painted green at each junction.
Who knows what this is meant to mean?
Go for cyclists.
Go for motorists.
Watch out (weird colour for this)
Cycling is environmentally friendly.
How can we distract both motorists AND cyclists at these junctions.
I don't see how it's distracting?
magneze
🎧
I was wondering what it was all about whilst driving.
Junctions have enough going on without this sort of bizarre token painting IMHO.
Maybe there's data to show that it helps?
klang
klang
without cars they'd have a lot less going on and would be much safer for everyone.
magneze
🎧
Indeed.
braindancer
not for long
I was cycling down a nice quiet b-road this morning when I was overtaken by a motorbike. The rider had plenty of room to go past me - and as he did so he shouted "Get off the fucking road you fucking wanker" - and then sped off shaking his head in disgust. How weird...
Around half an hour later - the same motor bike rider came back down the road - this time coming towards me on the other side of the road - I probably wouldn't have recognised him had he not taken the opportunity to call me a wanker again - this time while making the wanker sign
I wonder if he treats all cyclists with such high regard or had singled me out for some reason...
Around half an hour later - the same motor bike rider came back down the road - this time coming towards me on the other side of the road - I probably wouldn't have recognised him had he not taken the opportunity to call me a wanker again - this time while making the wanker sign
I wonder if he treats all cyclists with such high regard or had singled me out for some reason...
