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I watched a google video on Youtube last night from GCN, where they used the Strava auto route feature to create the toughest routes. Could be a good option for you if you have Strava Premium.
What actually happened to the tyre? If I cut short every ride I had a puncture, I wouldn't do half the miles I currently do
Also, what tyres were they? I've been quite impressed so far with my Corsa Graphene 2.0
Wishing you a speedy recovery!Finally out of hospital so I’m out of action for 4-6 weeks. Wife has washed my bike for me and just seen it just a bit of a scuff on the bar time but other than that it’s survived it’s ordeal.
So seems like a winter on the wahoo once my pelvis allows.
oh it wasn't just because of the tyre but one of the people I was cycling with had to be back for a certain time and the delay kind of made us lose more time than it should've so we just decided to head back. Admittedly we were only 15 minutes from where we had planned to go to as the plan was to get to Chepstow castle and have a breakfast then cycle back.
they're continental GP5000. Not a bad tyre at all and I'll put them onto my fixie to replace the old gatorskins on there. I just got annoyed and it compounded my frustration as this morning I was watching a video about how tubeless tyres repair themselves.
the cheaper and sensible option would be just to keep extra tubes on me but I won't let that stop me throwing money at a problem if I think it can make me continue to be lazy
You’re still going to need to carry a tube if you have tubeless, you just might not have to stop for every puncture.
Oh I know that but in my mind, rightly or wrongly, it would save time in the long run.
Maybe I'm being too optimistic about them and expecting them to be a silver bullet to an issue they don't really solve.
Seems to be that they're mostly out of stock anyway so a trip to halfords to grab some more innertubes will be needed
Might save you some time on a ride but the amount of time faffing in between rides made it annoying for me in the end. I just use latex tubes and GP5000s now.
I'm going to get some new inner tubes for now as most the 28c TL tyres seem to be out of stock for now anyway
What sort of messing about where you doing between rides? Just the expected pumping up due to pressure loss or was it more annoying than that? Did you not think the hassle was worth the supposed benefits of comfort and rolling resistance? Though I know when using latex the difference isn't as much when it comes to rolling speed
Looking at Strava's relative effort, over the 1,400 activities from the last couple of years, I'd only been over 300 six times, with my previous two best being 325 and 384, both from my Lake District trip a month ago. Yesterday's RE was 436!!!