The cycling thread

[duke63]

What about stoppies? Should be a piece of piss surely?

[D41]

I don't care too much for the little CO2 nozzle-type attachments.....there's not much control with them, and if you're not careful you end up destroying your spare tube. The weight-savings with them are great until you're walking home, pushing your bike, with a flat tyre (your second of the day now), that you flattened yourself. They work OK for racing, when time is of the essence, but that's about it.
The type with a trigger work fairly well....two BB-gun cartridges are more than enough for one MTB tyre, but it's CO2, and will bleed out of the tube over the course of a few hours, so don't get home, scratch your head like a douchebag, and then (ALLEGEDLY!!) throw a perfectly good tube in the trash. The BB-gun cartridges also have oil in them to lube a BB-gun, but they will gum-up your inflator fairly quickly, so be warned.
There's none of that BS will a good quality pump.

[Perkles]

I don't care too much for the little CO2 nozzle-type attachments.....there's not much control with them, and if you're not careful you end up destroying your spare tube. The weight-savings with them are great until you're walking home, pushing your bike, with a flat tyre (your second of the day now), that you flattened yourself. They work OK for racing, when time is of the essence, but that's about it.
The type with a trigger work fairly well....two BB-gun cartridges are more than enough for one MTB tyre, but it's CO2, and will bleed out of the tube over the course of a few hours, so don't get home, scratch your head like a douchebag, and then (ALLEGEDLY!!) throw a perfectly good tube in the trash. The BB-gun cartridges also have oil in them to lube a BB-gun, but they will gum-up your inflator fairly quickly, so be warned.
There's none of that BS will a good quality pump.

I buy the ones with an adjustable valve adaptor and they work fine ,ive never had a tyre bleed or go down with C02 either
Its not about weight saving for me I hate having a bulky pump on my bike and the mini ones are shite
For newbies dont be tempted by tubeless tyres either they feel crap to ride on and still puncture as easily

[Cav]

The Vitus gravel bike has tubeless which seemed appealing as you can run lower pressures without as much risk of puncture by pinching.

I think I'm realistically leaning towards a road bike and I haven't even paid attention to the wheels and tyres that come with any of them

[D41]

Fair enough...if they're working for you then there's no reason to change.
I forget which mini-pump I bought last year....cost an arm & a leg for what it is, but it works surprisingly well, all things considered. "all-metal construction", etc.

[Perkles]

The Vitus gravel bike has tubeless which seemed appealing as you can run lower pressures without as much risk of puncture by pinching.

I think I'm realistically leaning towards a road bike and I haven't even paid attention to the wheels and tyres that come with any of them

frame ,then wheels and tyres are the main items your money should go on
Tubeless tyres are bullshit unless your a serious mountain biker,my brotehr oad a race that was half road half farmers tarcks with massive buolders
Every body spent money on tubeless tyres and they all punctured

[D6Nutz]

I've already got a mini pump that I bought for commuting so I'm just going to run with that for now. It's not as good as a proper pump, but will be enough to get me home.

I do see the benefit of the canisters though. I had to stop on the last ride as the pump had bumped free from its holder.

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[Cav]

The Vitus gravel bike has tubeless which seemed appealing as you can run lower pressures without as much risk of puncture by pinching.

I think I'm realistically leaning towards a road bike and I haven't even paid attention to the wheels and tyres that come with any of them

frame ,then wheels and tyres are the main items your money should go on
Tubeless tyres are bullshit unless your a serious mountain biker,my brotehr oad a race that was half road half farmers tarcks with massive buolders
Every body spent money on tubeless tyres and they all punctured

I wouldn't even know where to start with wheels and tyres. I've basically been looking at bikes in the price range I'm considering and seeing which has better gearsets then seeing how high end the frame is used for.

I'm not going to notice bad wheels vs good wheels as I'll just be riding what I have. It's still going to be a MUCH better ride than my shagged out old MTB.

Now I've found this road bike from Canyon I'm very tempted to scrap the cyclescheme and just go for that. 8.2kg with Shimano 105 gears and brakes.

What's an easy way of knowing if the wheels and tyres are good?

[Perkles]

Lenze make the best mini pumps but they are expensive

[D41]

All MTB tyres will puncture...the main benefit of the tubeless tyres is that they don't suffer pinch-flats like a tube does. You can safely run much lower DH-level pressures.

[Perkles]

All MTB tyres will puncture...the main benefit of the tubeless tyres is that they don't suffer pinch-flats like a tube does. You can safely run much lower DH-level pressures.

Affirmative

[Perkles]

37 windy and cold miles tonight no Strava log as my Garmin battery ran out

[D6Nutz]

37 windy and cold miles tonight no Strava log as my Garmin battery ran out

You know the rules... No Strava it didn't happen

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[Cav]

I thought what you said, D6 but I'm not in the position to say it haha

[Perkles]

I cant answer that except to say my legs felt utterly shit tonight ,I am losing weight though which is really good
I am using 40mm carbon fibre rims with Michelin pro sport tyres at the moment and they feel really nice to ride on

A Mammil sprinted past me about a mile into my ride then got stuck at the traffic lights couldnt get his foot out his cleat and fell off sideways,I laughed my fooking head off

[Cav]

I had to Google that but it was worth it!

[D41]

Middle aged man in lycra??

[Perkles]

Middle aged man in lycra??

When I am bumbling along enjoying the scenery and thinking about going down on Farah Forcet Majors they have this annoying habit of sprinting past you, then you can feel they are dying to look behind and see where you are.
I like to hold them around 10 metres then slowly reel them in and ride past them whistling while they have a heart attack on their 12 grand bike

[Cav]

How much is yours..?

[Kwacky]

How much is yours..?

£129.99. He's using mine