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[Closed] Paging the rigid Singular Swift parked at Reigate Park this PM

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How do those big old Mountain Kings go? (2.4?) Will they run on Crests tubeless?


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 5:49 pm
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You know that bikes can't type don't you? They really are just inanimate objects...


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 5:52 pm
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[quote=BadlyWiredDog ]You know that bikes can't type don't you? They really are just inanimate objects...
Even if they could type, I don't think they can read 🙂


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 5:55 pm
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Swifts are special.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 6:08 pm
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Even if they could type, I don't think they can read

They can read all right, don't doubt it. Mine is halfway through War and Peace at the moment and has a thing for 21st Century Scottish poetry, but his powers of self expression are quite limited and usually stop at throwing me into the shrubbery when grumpy.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 6:19 pm
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Always remember the MCN headline in the 70s regarding Barry Sheene going back to Suzuki.
"Barry's Suzuki talks." So maybe a Swift can read.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 6:24 pm
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Not my Swift, but I run a 2.4 MK tubeless on a Crest front wheel on my main bike - 140mm full suss around Datmoor, Quantocks etc. Never had a problem with rolling off or burping etc. Would have the same at the back if it fitted my frame but use a 2.25 Fat Albert, as it were.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 6:45 pm
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Thx Hamish.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 7:23 pm
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Bike-discount.de have 2.4 MK's for £10.78 each.
Thats a lot of tyre for the money.
Might grab a pair just as spares....

[url= http://www.bike-discount.de/shop/k669/a77510/mountain-king-29-x-24-folding.html ]HERE[/url]


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 8:00 pm
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How do you reckon they would shape up against Hans Dampfs 29x2.35?

I like the volume of the HDs I have (it's on a rigid bike) but I'd trade a bit of grip for something lighter & faster.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 8:20 pm
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How do you reckon they would shape up against Hans Dampfs 29x2.35?

Ah, good point, was forgetting about the Swift. My bike is old skool, so only 26"...


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 8:23 pm
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Conti MK 2.4's are a pretty long way from 2.4 - not that they are bad tyres.


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 8:25 pm
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Taki FWIW I think those are the 'Mk 1', hence probably the price.

Compare the pic with http://www.conti-online.com/generator/www/de/en/continental/bicycle/themes/mtb/AllMountain/MountainKingII/MountainKing_en.html


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 8:26 pm
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I know, but £10.78 for a big ol 29er tyre...


 
Posted : 18/11/2012 9:29 pm
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Has the singular still not posted on here??? I bet his internet is down.


 
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Or he can't read!!!! or Type!!!!!


 
Posted : 25/11/2012 8:29 pm
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Damned lurkers.


 
Posted : 25/11/2012 8:39 pm