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Volsung wrote: I hate that professionals are racing. What if Peter Sagan enters? I'll never win! Easy - just stay on his wheel and let him pull you round then nip out at the end and outsprint him to the line.
Have a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTtC4Rq_ScM
Has anyone got any experience of one of these? http://www.srsuntour-cycling.com/components/seatposts/NCX-Seatposts-NCX-5713.html I've just done the Dirty Reiver in the UK and had to drop down to the 130K from 200K as my…
chunkyhugo wrote: There was a lot of discussion about this before last year's Reiver. I think people feel daunted by the prospect of a 200k gravel event and worry about all sorts of things. My bike handles a maximum 700…
Interesting. I put some Jon Bon Pass 35's on my GT Grade. I found that they came up to 38mm on my Grail rims and were a very tall tyre. Very comfortable but they changed the handling of the bike in some way. It's…
Hi I'm new to this gravel riding thing and have entered the Dirty Reiver 2018 (200K on the forestry roads in Keilder) and I can see there is the potential to spend way too much money on tyres and wheels etc if I'm not…
Funnily enough I've just put a pair of these on my Genesis Croix de Fer. Not had a chance to ride them yet. I had a problem with them fouling the spokes on the front wheel. Turns out the Shimano centre lock hubs have a…
owly wrote: Juin Tech R1 with compressionless housing is my vote, with the pads of your choice. I'm thinking of going down that route as well. Do you have any experience of them in comparison to full hydraulics?
I'm running a 38 round chainring at the moment. If I went to an oval should I go 38 or 40?
I might try some latex tubes then. Although they are good tubeless can be a bit of a faf.
I can only speak for myself but now I'm retired I get almost as much pleasure from tinkering with my bikes as I do riding them, and crucially I have the time to mess about with them. I did it to see what it was like. It…
By putting 650b wheels on you'll lower the bike by approx 14mm (622-584)/2. Putting 40mm tyres on will raise it again by approx 12mm (based on a rule of thumb that tyres are as tall as they are wide). So if there is…
On one of my bikes I've got a 1 x 10 and bearing in mind I'm 61 and not exactly light (88kg) I run a 36 at the front with the Sunrise 11-42 at the back. No problem getting up hills and to be honest the 36 - 11…
I'm on the GT Grade page on Facebook and the consensus seems to be 40/42mm is the ABSOLUTE maximum depending on rim width and that doesn't give much clearance. No way you'll get 2.1" to fit.
Did you detect any difference in ride quality with the latex tubes?
I've got some Compass Jon Bon Pass tyres on my GT Grade and running them tubeless on Grail rims. They were my first attempt at tubeless and they went on a dream except I had difficulty seating one of them. No problem I…
bobknh wrote: Thanks for the positive info. on tubeless set up for the Bon Jon's. I'm not disparaging setting the BJ's up tubeless. In fact, that was my original plan when I purchased mine. Can you tell me however, did…
I use the Compass Jon Bon Pass tyres on Stans Grail Rims. I run them tubeless and have had no problems whatsoever. Except when initially mounting them I got a little enthusiastic with the track pump when making sure…