Bike Mechanics Impart Their Wisdom On Vorb

dwgknz · *by **dwgknz** on Thu 30/Apr/15 11:25am*

happybaboon wrote:On the outside?

I bought a quart of stans so it doesn't hurt so much when I clean out tyres.

I had a patch last pretty much the life of a tyre after getting a hole when it was near new. To be fair I didn't have stans in when I punctured (UST) it so had to do something.

pushbikerider · *by **pushbikerider** on Thu 30/Apr/15 7:08pm*

scatter wrote:
pushbikerider wrote:ENVE 3.4 carbon clinchers

As training wheels?

You said you were going to do some winter racing

, and to be fair the 3.4's are durable enough to train on

scatter · *by **scatter** on Thu 30/Apr/15 7:10pm*

It would be pretty hilarious to turn up with those on my shitty 10yo Giant

slidecontrol · *by **slidecontrol** on Thu 30/Apr/15 7:20pm*

scatter wrote:It would be pretty hilarious to turn up with those on my shitty 10yo Giant

they do say that wheels are one of the best places to put your upgrade money......

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Fri 1/May/15 6:46am*

scatter wrote:It would be pretty hilarious to turn up with those on my shitty 10yo Giant

Obviously you need a new bike then

scatter · *by **scatter** on Fri 1/May/15 6:51am*

wachtourak wrote:
scatter wrote:It would be pretty hilarious to turn up with those on my shitty 10yo Giant

Obviously you need a new bike then

Well duh. Hard to know what to buy though cos I'm a special little snowflake.

shmoodiver · *by **shmoodiver** on Fri 1/May/15 7:11am*

Parlee

oldandlazy · *by **oldandlazy** on Fri 1/May/15 8:01am*

Conners wrote:Patch on the inside of the trye and its been all good for ages.

It's not getting much of a test though sitting idle in your garage, is it?

Kev · *by **Kev** on Fri 1/May/15 8:14am*

happybaboon wrote:On the outside?

Duct tape?

Rik · *by **Rik** on Fri 1/May/15 9:26am*

Kev wrote:
happybaboon wrote:On the outside?

Duct tape?

Yeah but what fits in your pockets better - A roll of duck tape or an inner tube? Admittedly a spare tube is not as versatile as duck tape is for other repairs.

wachtourak · *by **wachtourak** on Fri 1/May/15 10:00pm*

scatter wrote:
wachtourak wrote:
scatter wrote:It would be pretty hilarious to turn up with those on my shitty 10yo Giant

Obviously you need a new bike then

Well duh. Hard to know what to buy though cos I'm a special little snowflake.

Cervelo S3

Or a Merida Reacto.

If I was buying a new road bike now would be one of those

philstar · *by **philstar** on Sat 2/May/15 4:02pm*

is there a dodgy way of topping up the oil in a fox float fork, forks are on their last legs so don't want to bother with a full service?

on a related note anyone know if I can fit 100mm travel 29" stanchions into 100mm travel 26" lowers? it is for an 26" G2 frame which should have a 44mm offset, my guess is 46 is better the 40, and fox said they don't make the 44 anymore?

mfw · *by **mfw** on Sat 2/May/15 7:40pm*

philstar wrote:...forks are on their last legs

I see what you said there :lol:

happybaboon · *by **happybaboon** on Sun 3/May/15 11:15pm*

So in order to be able to correctly muck about with tubeless wheels at (/around) home I believe I need...
Some tubeless spooge.
A tubeless syringe thing to put it in and a valve core removing tool (optional but cheap/useful enough?)
An adapter to allow me to use a service station air pump to seat the fuckers.

Is that all? My rimz/tyres are already all tubelessy, I just want to have the gear on hand to maintain them myself.

Astoria Paranoia · *by **Astoria Paranoia** on Sun 3/May/15 11:34pm*

Ball peen hammer.

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