You mentioned it in the previous post with clothes choice - I'm in the same boat, never know what to wear once the temps start bouncing, but I feel like as long as I am in the sun I am good lol
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About a mile into ride yesterday and was thinking, ah, dressed too warm. Turned out okay, was cloudy and sprinkled some so thought if it does rain warm will be better. Hit my modest goal of a minimum 1000 miles in fitness rides for the summer.
Ride yesterday almost ended at mile 3. Noted a Great Blue Heron flying low overhead. Cool, but than he cut loose with a mega dump. It hit the pavement right in front of me like a B-17 bombing run of crap, was like several servings of yogurt hitting the ground. Biggest bird splatter I've ever seen and was thankful it hadn't landed on me.
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Second flat this summer after years of no flats (I am pretty lucky on that front). Yesterday at mile 28 it was hiss and flat in about 5 seconds. Nice puncture. Will check the tire more today. Thinking of maybe trying the Continental Gatorskins. Think peeps have recommended them here. How hard are they, in real life, to get onto your rim?
BTW, after washing bright yellow bike jersey (and drying it) I saw all of the bike grease on it from the tube change (note, front tires NEVER go flat). Tried the WD-40 trick and it work on the dried stain. Now to get the damn WD-40 out of the jersey!
BTW, after washing bright yellow bike jersey (and drying it) I saw all of the bike grease on it from the tube change (note, front tires NEVER go flat). Tried the WD-40 trick and it work on the dried stain. Now to get the damn WD-40 out of the jersey!
700-28 beaded Conti Gator Skins are what we use on a tandem. Good tires.
This - any bike I have that's not setup tubeless, I've just pulled the valve and added sealant to help with the goat heads etc.
I'm going to do this when my new tire gets here. Always wanted to try it.
All but one of my bikes is tubeless currently and that's my fatbike. For that one I just removed the valve stem and used a syringe thing to add the sealant inside the tube. Speaking of which...it's about fat bike season which means I need to add more sealant to it.
Fatbike tires last a really long time if you mostly ride them on snow. Mine are 6 years old this winter and due to be replaced
Well, poop. Pre-ride this afternoon I decided to give the punched tire a better looky-loo than it got during streetside tube repair on Monday. And found a slight bulge. Glad I saved one of the old tires. Bought a pair of Kendra tires last summer. Same as the set that come on my Raleigh Revenio carbon. Original set was great, much many miles, so thought I'd stick with them. Had a bulge blow out last year and they replaced it under warranty. I was thinking freak bad tire. Now seeing this second one, the replacement, with a bulge. Guessing something bad has happened with their manufacturing.
When I get back post-ride I'm going to order a set of Gatorskins.
When I get back post-ride I'm going to order a set of Gatorskins.
I don't think you will regret it - I threw them on my wife's road bike 10 years ago after getting multiple flats with the stock spesh tires. no issues other than she is only an occasional rider now....
Not much of a wet pavement biker unless I get caught unexpectedly. Biking 20-30 mile urban rides for fitness mostly. 1000-1200 miles a season. No winter biking. Not very fast, I'm an old retired ****, fastest I sustain on the flat is like 17 mph but 15 mph is more my cruise speed on a decent street/trail (average gets killed by all of the stop signs on my usual route so I look even slower on paper).
I'll go on an internet tire surfin' safari tomorrow to look at more options before I buy. Quite disappointed that the Kendras I really liked are now seemingly crap. I like the ride from them and the first set was a good match for my riding.
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Got ya, take a look at the 4 season Conti as well. Get some pretty good flat protection with better rolling resistance, if flats are getting to you.
When I was in Utah, didn't matter what I had, the goatheads just chewed them up.
I went years without a flat. Just bad luck this year for sure. When my tire exploded last summer it was the first ride flat I had in thousands of miles. Prior to that I'd had crazy good luck
I'm sort of now leaning to smooth ride over ultra puncture protection. Got some not great street/trails and the Kendras I am used to didn't bang my neck and butt to death on every seam, crack and joint.
Remember you don't have to air those tires up to max. I run 110 tires at 90 to 95. A much better ride and minimal drag.
I have had gators on my Domane for 5 years and about 12,000 miles on them. No joke. I have 700x28 about 90 psi max. They have been thru gravel, rain, slight snowy brr rides. No real issues. They are finally going to get replaced over the winter. I would suggest with the Gators to get that tire tool from a few pages back. My tires are harder than hell to get onto the rim.
My gravel bike I took a chance at some cheap Continental AT tire that were like $30 each. They have last for 3 years. My back knobs are basically rubbed down to being slicks, and they are starting to thread out on the sides. But not bad for going cheap.
My gravel bike I took a chance at some cheap Continental AT tire that were like $30 each. They have last for 3 years. My back knobs are basically rubbed down to being slicks, and they are starting to thread out on the sides. But not bad for going cheap.
Yeah, at a lean 155 pounds or so I don't max up the air. Probably running around 90 most of the time. I don't top off every ride, air up once a week. I generally just use the built in gauge on old electric air pump and run that to 100, gauge runs low so 100 is really mid 90's or less.
Keep reading about how hard they are to get on. Do you have wired or clincher version? Or does it make any difference?
