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what a rubbish commute.. one day in the year that I don't have a spare tube in my backpack the front tyre goes BOOM with a massive split.. awesome..

pushed my bike home for 2 miles, swapped the spare wheel off my SS and cycled to work.. 30 mins late
 
^ I've had 3-4 punctures commuting in the last 2 weeks. Driving me nuts. Binned a 4000s tyre and put a brand new one on... 3 days later a huge gash and another puncture. Fitted a new tube and superglued the gash :x
 
uniQ said:
^ I've had 3-4 punctures commuting in the last 2 weeks. Driving me nuts. Binned a 4000s tyre and put a brand new one on... 3 days later a huge gash and another puncture. Fitted a new tube and superglued the gash :x
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WAT.. I thought 4k's were meant to have good puncture protection? my cheap-o vittoria rubino's seem to do the job fine. - 4 punctures in 5k miles on 10quid/or/less tyres :D
 
The GP4000 is well protected as far as race tyres go. GP4 Seasons are probably better for commuting duties.

I should be receiving my Panaracer RibMos today which will replace the cheapo Vittoria Zaffiros on my Cinelli. I am willing to sacrifice rolling resistance and weight for glass-proof tyres.
 
Shamrock said:
The GP4000 is well protected as far as race tyres go. GP4 Seasons are probably better for commuting duties.

I should be receiving my Panaracer RibMos today which will replace the cheapo Vittoria Zaffiros on my Cinelli. I am willing to sacrifice rolling resistance and weight for glass-proof tyres.
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I'd get a set of panaracers but I go through tyres so quick it would soon add up to stupid amounts of money.. :/

how did you find zaffiros? I had them for ages and they're fine tyres for the price ! probably the best you can get
 
I got the Panaracers for £17.99 per tyre from Cyclestore so not too expensive (£30 each normally). They are made of super durable rubber so I reckon even you'd get plenty of miles out of them! That durability comes at the cost of 800g for a pair though.:o

The Zaffiros are decent enough tyres, but for wet riding I want a bit more peace of mind that I won't puncture as when it's raining and dark it is more difficult to avoid the crap on the roads. Last sunday both my front and rear Zaffiro punctured.:mad:
 
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Shamrock said:
I got the Panaracers for £17.99 per tyre from Cyclestore so not too expensive (£30 each normally). They are made of super durable rubber so I reckon even you'd get plenty of miles out of them! That durability comes at the cost of 800g for a pair though.:o

The Zaffiros are decent enough tyres, but for wet riding I want a bit more peace of mind that I won't puncture as when it's raining and dark it is more difficult to avoid the crap on the roads. Last sunday both my front and rear Zaffiro punctured.:mad:
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similar to zaffiros then.. but I'm not paying 60quid for a pair of tyres.. :(
 
uniQ said:
I don't understand where "1-2mph" is coming from. But it's going to vary wildly depending on rider/ability and terrain it certainly isn't a linear increase between the two. I ride hilly routes and I can tell you the difference will be far greater than 1-2mph.
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I'm tempted to take my MTB out one day and ride some of the tough hills around the reservoir to see how it really compares. I'm sure they'd be fine to ride, and on a long 7%+ gradient I'll be in a low gear whatever bike I'm on, so speed probably won't vary hugely. The thing that puts me off is that it would feel ballachingly slow to ride the 10 miles to the hills on my MTB in the first place.
 
Shamrock said:
I got the Panaracers for £17.99 per tyre from Cyclestore
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Worst tyres ever. Mine lasted less than 1K before shredding.

Vonhelmet said:
I'm tempted to take my MTB out one day and ride some of the tough hills around the reservoir to see how it really compares.
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If you wan't to ride your MTB go do it on a trail or off road where it will actually be fun. Covering a normal road ride will not be fun.

I had a look back to see what all this Road/MTB talk was about. I don't think it's anything to do with "1-2mph". But because Razer isn't used to riding a road bike... Yet. When I switched I wasn't faster overnight. I was so used to riding like a MTB'er mashing pedals or spinning on the granny ring.

From the sound of it he bought a bike too big for him too but give him a couple of months and I'll bet he's noticeably faster than he ever was on a MTB.
 
uniQ said:
Worst tyres ever. Mine lasted less than 1K before shredding.
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Really? I've previously had a positive experience with them on my Charge single-speed which is why I went for them again. They would roll over broken glass and come out unscathed!

You are talking about the Panaracer RibMo PT?
 
kiteloopy said:
Guys,

Anyone have a bike shed? Looking to get a decent wooden one for two bikes. Any good ones around?
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I had a look at smaller sheds - I think I concluded that you want one tall enough to stand up in and tall enough so you can also get in with the bikes. Any smaller than that and it becomes impractical because you're going to be bending over trying to feed the bikes in and out and it'll just become an annoying nuisance after a while.

Vonhelmet said:
I'm tempted to try a little loop round me on my ancient mtb and see how my time compares to what I can do on my road bike...
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I had to put a lot more effort in last week on the RSW. Sitting bolt upright puts you right in the wind and you can't get anywhere near the power onto the pedals. I clicked through the speed read-out at 24mph but I was riding flat out on the RSW when I'm usually cruising through that that speed.

Shamrock said:
I am willing to sacrifice rolling resistance and weight for glass-proof tyres.
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My route is a bit like that. I think for commuting you need reliability over weight saving or rolling resistance. There really is very little difference between my 20c, 23c and 25c tyres, but what is for sure is the lightweight 23's don't get me very far before puncturing and the others haven't punctured at all.
 
ShiWarrior said:
did my first Trainer Road session today

comments welcome :)


http://app.strava.com/activities/93515425
http://www.trainerroad.com/cycling/rides/462948-8-Minute-Test
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Well it does get a little easier i suppose, only done the FTP 8 min, Gayley and Baxter as i'm doing the Intermediate Base 1 (i think, they've added a load of new training packages to follow).
Did the FTP and Gayley at the end of Sept, didnt do anything (even ride) during October as i had other things on (kitchen being fitted, stuff everywhere!) and was on holiday for a week as well.
Did Baxter on Monday night, thats 1.5 hours and my a$$ was hurting, had to stand for a bit on occasion!
Planning on commuting tomorrow so might try the next session at the weekend if i can fit it in.
 
InQ said:
Well it does get a little easier i suppose, only done the FTP 8 min, Gayley and Baxter as i'm doing the Intermediate Base 1 (i think, they've added a load of new training packages to follow).
Did the FTP and Gayley at the end of Sept, didnt do anything (even ride) during October as i had other things on (kitchen being fitted, stuff everywhere!) and was on holiday for a week as well.
Did Baxter on Monday night, thats 1.5 hours and my a$$ was hurting, had to stand for a bit on occasion!
Planning on commuting tomorrow so might try the next session at the weekend if i can fit it in.
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ah ok

to be honest, im not sure if im going to use any training plans as such
I know I want to be able to ride 100 miles with steep hills on the way..
 
Thanks Asprilla :p time to rethink. I did consider the 4 seasons but they are a bit more money.

Cheapest place where they have the 25mm in stock? Looks like Evans again.
 
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