Wow! Cheaper tyres just don't suit your weight and power. Time to dump those 25s for your Pro2Race.mikesbytes wrote:13th flat this year, in RNP just past flat rock.
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Postby mikesbytes » Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:00 pm
year time to put some new rubber on the OCR. I'm not blaming the tyres though.sogood wrote:Wow! Cheaper tyres just don't suit your weight and power. Time to dump those 25s for your Pro2Race.mikesbytes wrote:13th flat this year, in RNP just past flat rock.
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Postby mikesbytes » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:55 pm
I might shift the existing front pro race 2 to the rear to wear it out and put a new pro race 2 on the front.
The Dynamites are good tyres, but I'll deplete my existing stocks.
Need some new tyres for the track bike.
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Re: Park Tool pre-glued patches
Postby Richardwestmelb » Thu May 03, 2007 12:09 pm
Bnej wrote:Used one this morning. Seems to have worked really well.
Went to my normal Sat morning ride, no-one else showed because it was a bit drizzly, so I did the ride on my own. About 15km in it started really raining, I had lights on for extra visibility & got really wet & dirty.
So 27ks in, I start to hear a hiss noise, check back tyre, little shard of glass sticking in through the tyre. Fortunately there was a little shelter not far from where I got the flat, so I got under cover and had a look at my fix kit.
Removed the glass, pulled the tube out (didn't take the whole thing out), pumped it up a bit to find the leak, sanded area, remove backing & apply patch. Pumped it up again as soon as I got the tyre back on the rim and it all seems fine.
It's a neat little patch kit, very small little plastic box with 5 patches and a tiny bit of sandpaper. The patch stuck very firmly on the tube, think best to avoid your fingers.
Also was my first occasion to use my Blackburn Airstik pump, very good, got it pumped back up to good road pressure in no time flat. Total procedure was I think under 15 minutes, not bad considering I hadn't done it before.
I tried them on the mountain bike and founf they worked fine, sanding and having a dry clean surface is the way to go. On the Road bike I find they tend to leak/lif t off once you go above about 70 PSI, have gone back to patches with glue.
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Re: Park Tool pre-glued patches
Postby sogood » Thu May 03, 2007 12:19 pm
Interesting number and certainly makes sense. Unfortunately at 70psi for a road tyre, it'll be asking for pinch flats.Richardwestmelb wrote:I tried them on the mountain bike and founf they worked fine, sanding and having a dry clean surface is the way to go. On the Road bike I find they tend to leak/lif t off once you go above about 70 PSI, have gone back to patches with glue.
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Postby MichaelB » Mon May 07, 2007 5:14 pm
During our ride the other day, managed to catch some glass, so when we had a quick stop on top of the hill, thouroughly checke dthe tyres for anything embedded.sogood wrote:Retired my first ever bicycle tyre today. Approx 4500+km on a Conti GP4000 used at the rear. There's still some life left according to the wear indicator on the tyre but there's a big piece of rubber missing which exposed the Vectran belt deep within.
I was shocked at how many cuts were in the rear tyre, and managed to dig one piece out taht wouuld have gotten me a flat in quick time.
So, my advice is, even if you didn't ride over anything noticeable, check the tyres regularly and try and prevent any flats.
BTW, I know it is off topic, but Torpedo7 have Vittoria Rubino Pro's for $19.99 each !!!
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Postby sogood » Mon May 07, 2007 6:19 pm
Check and wipe down the tyres after every ride should be the standard operating procedure. It doesn't take much time at all if you turn it into a routine.MichaelB wrote:So, my advice is, even if you didn't ride over anything noticeable, check the tyres regularly and try and prevent any flats.
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Postby MJF » Mon May 07, 2007 7:57 pm
Tiny rubber tube I assume? Many, many years ago, there was a type of valve that had the rubber tube over the valve body to act as the valve. I haven't seen one of these valves in about 20 years... but all the repair kits used to have a spare 'valve'.gururug wrote:WHat is that tiny little tube for that comes in the patch kit?
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Postby europa » Tue May 08, 2007 8:06 am
They went out with the dinosaurs ... yes, I used them as a kid. Got a bike in the back shed that still has them fittedmikesbytes wrote:Kits often include a small hollow rubber tube. This is to replace the rubber on a dunlop valve. Haven't seen a dunlop valve in years.
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Postby MichaelB » Tue May 08, 2007 11:21 am
Great, thats where we can send them so they don't get wasted and clog up the landfill and drains.europa wrote:They went out with the dinosaurs ... yes, I used them as a kid. Got a bike in the back shed that still has them fittedmikesbytes wrote:Kits often include a small hollow rubber tube. This is to replace the rubber on a dunlop valve. Haven't seen a dunlop valve in years.
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