I love my Roadrat, but several recent rear wheel punctures have got me thinking about ditching it for something else sadly. The rear hanger arrangement is a real PITA with gears - has anyone managed to bodge anything so you don't have mess about so much?
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Geared Roadrat - any good bodges to reduce puncture faffage?
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Posted 8 months ago #
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I'd go for reinforced tyres instead. Worked for me.
Posted 8 months ago # -
I am running schwalbe marathon supreme as tubeless on a bike, works fine.
Posted 8 months ago # -
I got Schwalbe marathons on mine and put Stans in the innertubes aswell.
Posted 8 months ago # -
Hmm, not quite the bodge-tastic answers I was hoping for
Looks like some different tyres might be worth a go, using WTB Allterrainasaurus at the moment which I thought were reasonably rugged but it seems not.
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Posted 8 months ago # -
What pressures are you running your Marathons tubeless at?
Posted 8 months ago # -
It's a PITA isn't it? Slime inner tube worked for me.
Posted 8 months ago # -
i found my slotty inbred a mild faff with gears, but the secret i have found is not to just loosen the QR and tug, but to have the sod off from the start. Only takes a second, and then you are free to yank the wheel out unhindered.
May not work on the RR as the mech hangs on the tug though doesnt it?
Posted 8 months ago # -
Yep, but tbh, it's not very difficult to take the skewer out, pop the chain off the cassette - have in smallest cog - and slide the wheel out backwards. There's a slightly nack to getting the tug back in, but again, it's not particularly difficult. I used to occasioanlly swap the rear wheel to use the bike on the turbo and got quite good at it. Maybe you just need to practice...
Posted 8 months ago #
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