Bez - Member
Ah, thanks. Not sure I could ever bring myself to use silver bars, but it's a start
Lighter. None of that heavy anodising. 🙂
Or cure it with bar tape.
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Just done a very brave thing...
Daughter's hybrid was dropped off a couple of days ago, so I cleaned it, serviced it, then polished and took it for a ride.
Set of wheels later, 2" tyres instead of 32mm, swap the straight bar for a short drop, and we have this.
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Took it for an appropriate RSF ride 50% road, 50% offroad.
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Definitely felt much better with the bigger tyre (although those are a bit less compliant than my 2.35" Big Apples). It handled some much rougher stuff than shown no bother at all.
So what's brave about that?
She comes home tomorrow and doesn't know I've hacked her pride and joy... 🙂
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I used to use 37c (35mm) Hypers, but for road tubeless, they don't seat properly, so if for some reason (in my case a loose valve core) the tyre deflated, there's not a cat in hells chance of getting it inflated again when trailside.
I'm now running Hutchinson Sector 32s which are bloody lovely. Proper tubeless, very comfy, super grippy (the Hypers were always a little sketchy when it was cold...not wet, but cold) but definitely faster.
32s seem to be a sweet spot between comfort, rolling resistance and drag...for my rides/commutes anyway.
Up to 35mm on my commuter (although they are Schwalbe marathons that come up quite small - not much bigger than my 28mm contis I run in summer).
I think a big tubeless tyre would probably run faster though (based on how fast my summer knobblies are on the HT, obviously I wouldn't need knobblies on the commuter), and give less punctures. It would require a new frame to fit mudguards and have big tyres though - and I couldn't go to 60mm plus even without mudguards on the current frame I'm sure.
29 x 2.35 Apples.
No point wearing out good knobblies when its dry.
