Topic: The Cyclist Thread

[stara]

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[Baby Huey]

Am I the only person who struggles to fit GP 5000 tyres. My hands are sore, really sore. I've fitted tubulars quicker than it's just taken me to fit two 28mm tyres.

[redbyrdz]

Am I the only person who struggles to fit GP 5000 tyres. My hands are sore, really sore. I've fitted tubulars quicker than it's just taken me to fit two 28mm tyres.

Theye are infamous for being hard to fit. The older version is even harder, I think a year or two ago they started to make them slightly wider.

It also depends on the rims - some tyres fit better with some rims than others. The size standards in manufacturing both rims and tyres are not really there.

[Baby Huey]

Theye are infamous for being hard to fit. The older version is even harder, I think a year or two ago they started to make them slightly wider.

It also depends on the rims - some tyres fit better with some rims than others. The size standards in manufacturing both rims and tyres are not really there.

I hate them. Well the fitting and removing of them. Once on they roll beautifully, especially the 32mm tyres.

[Baby Huey]

Giro starts today. Vuelta  Femenina, stage 7 too. Tro Bro Leon tomorrow.

Today the Giro goes over Superga, in tribute to the Torino team that was lost in an airplane crash in 1949.

[Baby Huey]

Tubeless tyres! Yikes.

[redbyrdz]

Tubeless tyres! Yikes.

Why is there no sealant?


You can use inserts that make rolling a tyre off less likely. It's not usually a problem in itself though (on the road), it mostly only happens after a puncture, when the tyre has lost pressure.

[Baby Huey]

Why is there no sealant?


You can use inserts that make rolling a tyre off less likely. It's not usually a problem in itself though (on the road), it mostly only happens after a puncture, when the tyre has lost pressure.

The sealant must be all over the road.  I've seen those inserts. For you and I they make sense, for pro's, not going to be adding any weight to their bikes, are they.

I've just spent an hour wrestling with those 28mm tyres. I packed in the end and opened a new pair of 32  mm tyres. I've just ordered a new pair too. As big as 28mm looked, to my old 19mm riding eyes, they're nowhere as good as rolling on the 32's. My tourer didn't have 32mm tyres back then. I love all the tech advances that have happened since the mid 70's on. Clothing, frames wheels, groupsets, everything.

[redbyrdz]

Ah, summer's over again!