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11-05-2021, 08:14 AM #3426yelgatgab
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11-05-2021, 08:20 AM #3427Registered User
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What if you dont have an extra tube? what if the extra tube is old, or somehow got cut or degraded whilst on your bike/in your pack, and wont hold air? What if you bring 1 tube but get 2 flats? I thought we were talking what-ifs? SImply mentioning a couple flat-tire situations i can think of where inserts would be a benefit.
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11-05-2021, 09:54 AM #3428
What if I get a slow leak, and I have a perfectly good spare tube that I can put in. But the tire has an insert in it which makes it completely impossible to get off the rim. And 4 bike mechanics that are on the ride, who collectively have probably changed 10,000 tires, are all unable to get the tire off after much sweating, swearing, and broken tire levers. So I end up cutting the ride short and ride out 15 miles on the insert, pumping the tire up every 5 minutes or so. Whereas if I didn't have an insert in, I would've just thrown a tube in and finished the ride with minimal fuss.
Inserts are dumb for 95% of riders.
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11-05-2021, 10:04 AM #3429Registered User
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First off you are fucking high. there is nothing short about a 30mile RT ride, IDC how you cut it. Lets get that out of the way haha.
Second, that sounds infuriating, and like a "never again" type of experience.
thirdly, i cannot be bothered to adjust my derailleur properly, or true my wheels, so i assure you i would not stand for the hassle of an insert. But, i can see some situations where they provide benefit.
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11-05-2021, 11:03 AM #3430
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11-05-2021, 12:13 PM #3431Not a skibum
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Pretty much, though fortunately haven't had to get that quite far into it. I did ride a flat home this week 1/2 for a quick fix, but my point earlier is that I'm not sure I would have actually gotten the flat if the insert weren't there.
I'm no pro mechanic, but have put many thousands of miles on Mountain, CX, Road tubeless with the amount of tubeless tire changes that accompany that and I was seriously contemplating cutting off a pretty new $70 Maxxis tire last night. Still had a slow leak this morning after I gave up for the night. My buddy swears he can change it out in 15 minutes, so will gladly sit back drink a beer and mock his bravado or cheer his success tonight.... for now going to go ride my other bike with a slightly less annoying slow insert driven leak.
Rant on... and Californiagrown. There is a skinny bridge unofficially named after me on my local trail system b/c I crashed and split my chin open when my son was 6 days old. Rode back to my buddies drank a beer, took a shower, and then made the dreaded phone call. My mom was in town helping w/ kid, so I called her instead of my wife... she was like "uh huh yeah ok.... you're going to have to talk with your wife" and handed her the phone. I got off easier than I woulda thought, but then again had 8+ stitches in my chin.
Still haven't forgiven my mom for that
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11-05-2021, 05:37 PM #3432Registered User
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11-06-2021, 06:29 PM #3433
Saw a guy today w/ a rack on his bike w/ a boom box strapped on blasting Folk music. What?
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11-06-2021, 06:52 PM #3434
Add a second chainring and now we’re talking useful.
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11-06-2021, 07:20 PM #3435
Heh.
I think the reality of riding a wide range like 5-7s cassette would not be so great. Bad shifts, big jumps in cadence and rarely being in a gear you want. The basic 10-11s stuff is not that expensive and works well so what's the problem with just using that?
Anyway, to contribute- on my ride yesterday I notice someone had dragged a bunch of logs and sticks and stuff across a trail. I've head about this happening on there before, friend said he almost crashed because of it. Oh yeah then some lady's off leash dog tried to bite me. Overall good bike ride though.Last edited by jamal; 11-06-2021 at 08:27 PM.
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11-07-2021, 05:41 PM #3436Not a skibum
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So update is my buddy is the insert whisperer, though I still generally stand by my earlier theory that it blocks flow of sealant.
One very subtle thing he was doing differently which made a big difference. Also found my preferred park levers don’t work as well for this compared to some others he had. His trick was after pushing everything to center of rim was to push the whole tire and insert over the opposite rim to get the tire lever like 1/2 in and under the bead and when pulled over pops bead off more easily. Not sure exactly why but my park levers this didn’t work with. Got an older and thicker Bontrager with a smoother backside worked much better.
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11-07-2021, 06:49 PM #3437www.apriliaforum.com
"If the road You followed brought you to this,of what use was the road"?
"I have no idea what I am talking about but would be happy to share my biased opinions as fact on the matter. "
Ottime
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11-08-2021, 12:24 AM #3438Registered User
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Maybe we could have two different chainring sizes, one for uphill and one for downhill. And we could switch between them, sort of like how you shift the derailleur to change cogs. We could call the derailleur we have now the "rear" derailleur, and add another "front" derailleur to change chainrings. And put another shifter on the left side of the bars, next to the dropper lever. Wouldn't that be cool?
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11-08-2021, 08:27 AM #3439Registered User
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No, no dropper lever. Just need a small handfull of gears to winch me to the top, a quick release seatpost clamp to slam the seatpost once i reach to top, and a single bigger gear for the steep descent back to the car. KISS bike setup. Less shit to break when i see a penny on the side of the trail and decide to investigate.
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11-08-2021, 08:50 AM #3440
My Bias. I make some day trips to Moab this time of year. Took daughter for her first slick rock last week. Why do E bikes bug me when I’m at home, but not at all there? Maybe it’s because they don’t have a cooler on the rack And bad music playing as they ride without a helmet. Maybe it’s the fact they are legal, but why do I care if people break the law locally? It’s weird and I need to get over it. Just like people cutting in lift lines. I can’t keep my mouth shut when it probably only costs me 30 seconds.
Anyway, stuff I think about while spinning my crank,
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11-08-2021, 09:33 AM #3441
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11-08-2021, 10:47 AM #3442
Slick rock allows moto's and thus e bikes.
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11-08-2021, 10:53 AM #3443
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11-10-2021, 10:09 AM #3444Registered User
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GG was broken into today https://www.instagram.com/p/CWEorMFlA_R/
Where do you even go to sell bikes like these?? Fuck bike thieves.
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11-10-2021, 02:59 PM #3445
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11-11-2021, 06:13 AM #3446
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11-12-2021, 03:51 PM #3447
So, why don't any gatorade/powerade/water bottles from the grocery/convenience stores fit a damn bicycle water bottle cage?
HUNH?
Is it some sort of weird size? I know they make adjustable cages, but that's not the point!
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11-12-2021, 04:36 PM #3448
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11-12-2021, 04:43 PM #3449
Solid logic. But my bike water bottles fit all of my cupholders too?
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11-12-2021, 04:51 PM #3450Registered User
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