What’s the verdict on the tubeless setup so far? What pressure are you running?
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What’s the verdict on the tubeless setup so far? What pressure are you running?
60-70psi currently. Happy with it as that's what I was running before. Want to drop them lower but building confidence/bedding in before I do.
Previously ran 28mm Conti gp4ksii at around the same psi, any lower they would burp air.
These new 30/32mm Roubaix Pro are quite a bit tougher, not as supple with a firmer ride which should improve as pressure is dropped. If they're anything like the 25/28 Roubaix Pro (2015/16) they'll wear loads better than the conti's (I had 2 winters out of the previous, looking at the wear indicators and general state of them they'd do 2 more winters at least!). These 30/32 do feel as light/lighter than the 25/28 but they're nowhere near as lightweight as the Conti'. But that's not what I've got them for!
Emonda SL's have always been one of the lightest well regarded off the shelf bikes for a while. Although I only know 1 guy with one! Most Trek owners I know have the Madone or Domane (and love them).
Previously ran 28mm Conti gp4ksii at around the same psi, any lower they would burp air.
These new 30/32mm Roubaix Pro are quite a bit tougher, not as supple with a firmer ride which should improve as pressure is dropped. If they're anything like the 25/28 Roubaix Pro (2015/16) they'll wear loads better than the conti's (I had 2 winters out of the previous, looking at the wear indicators and general state of them they'd do 2 more winters at least!). These 30/32 do feel as light/lighter than the 25/28 but they're nowhere near as lightweight as the Conti'. But that's not what I've got them for!
Beautiful in red or Black. Very typically Trek - well made, well specced.
Emonda SL's have always been one of the lightest well regarded off the shelf bikes for a while. Although I only know 1 guy with one! Most Trek owners I know have the Madone or Domane (and love them).
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That looks like you either need a few mm wider tape to account for the trough or try that thinner tape to build up the trough to allow the wide tape to seal ride up to the hook of the rim.
The tape needs to be below the bead of the tyre to seal properly.
The tape needs to be below the bead of the tyre to seal properly.
Take old Tyre off keep sealant in it, put on new tyre, mount 90% of it, pour sealant in. Done.
Jonny I haven't had any issues with overlapping tape and the seal has been just fine, but I believe it is better to avoid the bead.
This 21mm wide tape in my 21mm internal rim you can see is a very close fit, a 22mm would work but it would be very time consuming to get it lined up perfectly. It's hard enough with this 21mm and certainly the couple of times I've gone off centre I'd soon been able to tell - the 'free space' is less than 1mm and only marginally over when working it into the trough.
The thinner tape I'm expecting it to fit into the trough without having to fight with the taughtness of the tape between the bed 'shoulders' - as the thinner tape won't reach both of them. Part of me wants to do one loop on each side of the trough to get it perfectly stuck in the bottom, but I don't want the issue of the tape not sticking well on the overlap and causing me leakage that way (as that tape on tape interface becomes the weakest part of the whole setup).
No old tyre, or new tyre. Same tyre! Bought 10*10ml syringes, with the 2-3oz roughly translating to me putting 70ml of sealant in there... Then after the overnight (only air) leakage I put a couple more in... So around 90ml of sealant in there!
Good hint to get syringes to put it in though @touch ! They worked so-so well, also make it really easy to get the required amount in there... The time it took to get 7 full 10ml syringes in there is making me think my 'pour' and measure (from the side of the Stans bottle) I did for the first wheel - that I put nowhere near enough in there!
Once I've sorted my tricky rear I'll hopefully have the method figured out and will re-do my front, while also adding enough sealant!
EDIT: Just to note, I've had zero real issues getting these Specialized Roubaix Pro '2bliss ready' tyres to mount on these rims with a track pump.
Although they're so damn tight that even with the bead in the centre of the bed it takes 3-4 tyre levers to get the last 20% of the bead over the rim. Can just about get 1 lever under 1 bead with the tyre mounted, but not the 2 required to get enough tyre over to unmount. Have to push/lever the bead away from the rim into the centre of the bed as a first step, then get 2-3 levers under it to get it over the rim enough to unmount!
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Probably, no big sessions recently with a reduction in volume? Then it's just a loss of form/edge.
I know it's flawed, I know it's very basic and I shouldn't use it to judge my fitness. But the Strava Fitness & Freshness chart thing I actually like using and am finding it a very useful basic judge of where I am - I've got premium/summit and I'm too tight to pay for something else, while also being too stupid to use something better! I also really don't have the time to plough into another system to get meaningful data out, so for me the simple idea of it works well for me.
My form is showing as minus 10 at the moment, but I did go out Sat morning and pushed petty hard.
Before they completely got rid of the gift card page I checked a few of the codes I have. I wasn't confident I had spent them completely... they all returned £0.00 though. Not sure if true or they nulled all. Either way probably only lost a few quid from that but I've heard of others with £100s in vouchers.
Singletrackworld forum got wind of it a couple of weeks back. One guy had £2000 in vouchers. Went and bought a bike as soon as he heard
If you are a totally dummy, like me!, and ignore your body when it is dropping some serious hints.... then my new blog post is for you 
https://dcun.co.uk/ignoring-my-body/
https://dcun.co.uk/ignoring-my-body/
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This is where being fatter helps
Sausage supper with a side of curry sauce after my ride last night
Sausage supper with a side of curry sauce after my ride last night
Trying to get my shimano shoes fixed under warranty which were purchased from Evans and they can't get them back to madison as they're renegotiating the contract... But they've offered to give me some new shoes to same value. Not gonna moan as they're about 18 months old now.
Wonder how many other companies Evans are currently negotiating with.
Wonder how many other companies Evans are currently negotiating with.
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https://www.evanscycles.com/help/gift-cards-and-vouchers
Vouchers bought before takeover can be used again from tomorrow.
Vouchers bought before takeover can be used again from tomorrow.
Damn, how on earth would someone accrue that many vouchers and not use them is madness! Vouchers don't last long here, haha
Just brings it more in line with other shipping companies. We're kinda spoilt for our free delivery options when it comes to cycling websites but imagine we'll see that soon change across the board.
Quite a rough patch! Hope you're continuing to improve/recover!If you are a totally dummy, like me!, and ignore your body when it is dropping some serious hints.... then my new blog post is for you
https://dcun.co.uk/ignoring-my-body/
Have done that to myself before and even skipped a turbo session last night as been feeling rough... Feeling better today and really need to get on there after only getting 40mins last weekend (rather than the 2-3 hours I like to try and get).