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01-03-2022, 03:46 PM #6651Registered User
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01-03-2022, 05:11 PM #6652Registered User
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May I ask for some opinions on bar width?
I have a 2021 size L YT Capra (was right on the border between M and L but general advice online seemed to be size up). My bike sometimes feels quite unwieldy in tight corners. I've been assuming this is mostly down to my technique, but maybe I can help myself with hardware too.
I'm 5 foot 9 but fairly wide/strong shoulders from years of ww kayaking. My bars are currently at the 800mm they came at as stock. If I trim them down (to 780? 770?) will it make the bike feel more manoeuvrable and nimble in tight corners?
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01-03-2022, 05:18 PM #6653Registered User
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You can only cut them once so if you got lock-on grips just slide them inwards without cutting the bars
I think what feels better might depend on how close you are to the bars so the fit of the bike?Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-03-2022, 07:49 PM #6654
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01-03-2022, 08:06 PM #6655Registered User
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Yeah, I'd for sure cut them to 780. Then take some lock on grips that allow you to slid them in off the ends (Ergons work if you use a razor to cut off the little flange on the inside), and try slightly narrower widths until they feel funny. I'm 5'8" and like 760 for single ring grips, 780 for double ring.
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01-03-2022, 10:47 PM #6656
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01-04-2022, 11:40 AM #6659Registered User
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Ya I also tried a cam strap ^^ I couldn't pull it tight enough but putting a wrench or screwdriver in the rope allowed me to crank the rope tighter than I could ever pull the strap
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01-04-2022, 11:44 AM #6660
Yeah, when I strapped it, it just kinda flattened it pushing the beads nowhere. I really think temperature had something to do with it and it was a relatively 'old' new tire, so folded for a long time. I had blown a hole in current tire, so she had a bacon patch. I bought a new one knowing I'll eventually need it, but the bacon held for the entire summer up until just now when we put another hole in it plus the treads were toast. Perfect timing as we flip back n forth to fatbiking. New tire for the spring thaw if I ever get it on!
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01-04-2022, 01:31 PM #6662Registered User
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IME you wana really crank the rope or strap down on the tire casing which I couldn't do with a cam strap, but cranking on a loop of rope got it down between the sidewalls to spread them against the sides of the rim
I think if you don't have a compressor the beads have to contact the sides of the rim,
then all I have ever used is a normal Beto floor pump to inflate a tubeless tireLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-05-2022, 04:39 AM #6663Registered User
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01-05-2022, 09:24 AM #6664
Yeah, I was thinking about how to do it differently next time (or this time because it's still not done) to push the beads outward. And I haven't used a compressor to inflate a tubeless in forever...until this one...and it didn't work. I was shocked.
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01-05-2022, 09:27 AM #6665
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01-05-2022, 07:45 PM #6666
Is this going to work for greasing my lower link on a santa cruz?
https://www.amazon.com/HORUSDY-Pisto...s%2C219&sr=8-8www.dpsskis.com
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01-05-2022, 08:07 PM #6667Registered User
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I just checked my Bullit sitting behind me in the dining room, It looks like a standard automotive Zerk fitting,
the switch infinity slider on a yeti took a pinpoint fittingLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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01-05-2022, 08:42 PM #6668
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01-05-2022, 08:50 PM #6669
What the difference between $20 and $70 floor pumps? The $70 better be blowing me and the tires.
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01-05-2022, 09:58 PM #6670www.dpsskis.com
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Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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01-06-2022, 09:19 AM #6671Not a skibum
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01-06-2022, 09:28 AM #6672one of those sickos
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A nicer pump will, like everything else, last longer and be better every time you use it. It will feel better and will probably have a better chuck.
I personally like my Lezyne digital floor pump best, but I have a 30 year old Silca that's still around, putting air in tires on occasion. The $25 Amazon pump I bought a couple of years ago as a spare for the car barely works and is frustrating every time.ride bikes, climb, ski, travel, cook, work to fund former, repeat.
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01-06-2022, 10:02 AM #6673
(Hardly an expert) but the Park Tool floor pump I have has reliably served me for ~12y and I prefer it to my buddy’s JoeBlow that lives next to it on the floor in my basement. Looks like similar PT models going for ~45$ on amazon.
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01-06-2022, 11:24 AM #6674Registered User
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Back in the day Beto pumps were 25$ at MEC, I've seen them rebadged for twice the $$ so I bought 3 and they all still work
but now days you probably want one that will create the big shot for doing tubeless tiresLast edited by XXX-er; 01-06-2022 at 12:19 PM.
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01-06-2022, 12:45 PM #6675Registered User
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Getting a 1/2 gal air compressor for installing tires was one of my all-time best bike purchases. My floor pump is gathering dust somewhere, and only gets used on road trips.
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