50k plus.

And £100k+ from brake pads.

:-)

Rim too narrow! So d).

Make the nasty man stop.

My teeth are now on edge!

My wife rates her Le Chameau wellies, but I’m sure she’s justifying the cost!

Although she wears hers lots for work so comfort is important TBH.

I’m in the process of converting my Kaffenback from cantis to discs.

Got a pair of Avid BB5 calipers from CRC a while back for a tenner a piece. Need to specify road calipers if you are using road shifter/brakes.

I bought my Kaff with the disc and canti fork, so that bit’s done. So you’ll need a disc fork like this….Kaff Forks £39.99. If you have the later Kaff frame it should have a disc mount rear left dropout, so will be waiting for you.

Then you’ll need some disc wheels. Hybrid ones will be fine like these

I’ve bought some Novatech hubs and Mavic A119 rims and am building my own wheels – first time, but lots of encouragement and advice from here and HERE

Have you aligned the calipers? Slightly loosen the mounting bolts, spin the wheel/apply the brake a few times, then hold the brake “on” whilst tightening the bolts back up.

Could try a new set of pads, after wiping the discs with white spirit or rubbing alcohol (IPA) (not India Pale Ale).

Alternatively go for a wet muddy ride, that normally sorts it out :-)

your rim is too thin for the fat rubber thing you put on it, hence it slipped off and your spaff went everywhere.

wwaswas – Member

I use him all the time now

How much plastering are you having done? :lol:

I like that. Lefty would be cool.

One of these Tubeless Repair Kit

No need to remove wheel from bike, let alone remove tyre from rim. And I don’t think a tube patch will stick to the inside of your tyre very well, they do seem seem slippery smooth from the mould release stuff they use.

But seriously, a bit of goo will also help identify where the hole is, which might be hard if the offending spikey thing is no longer in the tyre.

Use goo to seal small punctures that you’ll never know about.

Tubeless puncture kit for bigger cuts, and you don’t need to remove the wheel.

I’ve used tubeless for 5+ years, using every combination. UST tyres with UST wheels (with goo) will be bomb proof. But I also run a DT5.1 standard rim, with electrical tape wrapped to seal the valve holes and a non-tubeless Maxxis Minion on the rear with some goo, and that’s been faultless too.

Hubs won’t be both.

Wonder what you’ll get! :-)

I orderd 32s from BikeProRacing on ebay, and that’s what they delivered.

32s coz all my other road rims are 32s, and it gives me a bit of interchangeability.

I guess it means you can’t order your rims until you know, which means more time agonising over which ones to go for :lol:

I’ll spend weeks researching and deciding, then usually end up ordering the wrong thing on impulse!

I thought I’d get laughed at for suggesting a HR on the front, but I put one on a few weeks ago and am currently riding with more confidence on my local rocky and slightly muddy terrain.

I’m pleasantly surprised!

The Specialized tyres are good for the money too.

We use a One For All remote extender to control the downstairs SKY box when watching telly in the bedroom fed from the downstairs SKY box.

Is that what you mean?

Ordered the Marathon Greenguard in 28mm. I did wonder about the weight, and figured some would be distributed to the front, but still lots at the back with me perched on it and loaded panniers.

Will see how we go.

Deffo not brake pad rub. Just the sidewall pulled away from the bead. No scuffing at all, and just checked the pad contact with a temporary 35mm tyre fitted, and clears the tyre fully

Was specifically talking about the rear not taking a 35mm with the mudguard fitted, front goes in ok.

Michelin Tracker for my commute, Conti Speed King CX, both 35mm. Using SKS guard.

Can get a 30mm Michelin Mud in there no probs, and any 28s easy.

I commute on mine on rough tracks with well loaded panniers, so need a biggish volume.

Lots more room without guards. It’s just getting the wheel in, there’s enough room once it’s in, so I have to deflate the tyre. Could just use a MTB guard I guess, or ignore the front part of the rear guard and bodge up a rear section, letting the rack take some of the crap, and the rear section keeping the rest down. Might clag up my FD though with no protection.

On another thread, I’ve just ordered a Schwalbe Marathon 28mm to replace my split rear (tyre!). Should make life easier. Time will tell if the volume is enough.

Not sure I understand!

Did the cleat come off the shoe and is stuck in the pedal?

23.497m = 77,089ft in a lowly 77 rides :-)

Usual excuses apply.

wwaswas – Member

tomorrow?

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ononeorange – Member
That is indeed the worst possible response. Bad. Very bad indeed.

Do you have life insurance?

More importantly, do you have testicle insurance!

Cheers BenjiM. I gave the rims a good check this morning when I found the split tyre.

They look good, but will give them another check over later after work….if the trick or treaters finish early enough that is!

EDIT: Although re-reading you might be referring to the brake oad rubbing the tyre. Will check that too.

I’m just about to build my first set of wheels.

Novatech hub, Mavic A119 rim.

Will be going on my multi-use Kaffenback, moving to disc brakes.

With mudguards I can’t get a 35mm tyre in without deflating it first, as the lower front bolt is just too “proud”, and that’s a countersunk allen head, so as slim as it gets.

Can just get a 30mm in inflated.

@ druidh – haha! Nah, I’m a homeworker but go to the office once a week. So I have to carry clothes, shoes, towel and toiletries, laptop and gubbins, notebooks/files etc!

No chance to leave anything at the office either!

Good training though, especially on the hills!

Will be ordering the Marathon shortly.

Thanks for the info folks.

Looks like a Marathon Greenguard 28c. Got to order some other bits from CRC anyway, unless there are any super cheaps about?

I note that the CRC description shows this with a weight limit of 85kg. I’m 84kg kitted up, plus 10kg in the panniers, plus I reckon the bike weighs 10kg. So that’s 105kg.

Any thoughts? I don’t normally 4rse about, but don’t want a repeat splitting tyre as we edge into winter!

Hmmm…not sure about those two. Maybe a bit too road focussed?

About half my commute is country lanes, tarmac cycle paths, and a couple of miles of city road.

The other half is farm track, cinder, towpath, bridleway, field edge track etc. Odd bit of mud, but not long enough to factor in, and if it’s been wet I detour to avoid that so I don’t turn up to work covered in mud and leave a trail through the office to the showers!

Carrying 10kg in panniers too.

Current tyres have been Michelin Trekker, but I’ve now lost confidence in them :-(

I have tried it on some borrowed 28mm Luganos, and it was very skittish on the off road sections.

I can only get 30mm tyres in without having to deflate the rear to get it in! So 28 – 30s needed.

Yep….update….just checked thoroughly in the daylight.

Rear tyre had split at the bead! Tried with a new tube this morning (in nice bright daylight) and it bulged out of the tyre. Was clearly pinch flatting against the rim.

Didn’t think it could be the tube. Ruined a nice night time commute too, as it wasn’t wet or particularly cold, which was fortunate. And at least it happened on a road section, so the missis could drive out to rescue her forlorn sad faced old man.

So, what 700c tyre for 25 mile each way on/off road commute? ;-)

I lose the feeling in my fingers if my core gets slightly chilled, even in summer catching a cool breeze at the top of a sweaty climb.

Makes some rides very difficult, can’t feel the breaks etc.

Lasts about an hour before they come back.

Had a big meal at the Ponderosa Ranch in Wales (now closed down) some years ago…..

Prawn cocktail starter, which was actually a “normal meal sized” prawn salad, followed by a 32 oz steak with a plate of chips, onion rings, peas, mushrooms, tomatoes etc

Followed by a spotted dick (!) pudding which was the size that you would feed to a family of four.

Bloody gorgeous. Can’t eat that much these days though.

Good luck.

Have your steak rare, any more cooked than that it can get very dry.

Mine just gets a dousing in TF2 spray lube to wash out the crap and leave a fresh coat of the lube. It doesn’t leave an oily film so less crap sticks to it.

Also give the mech pivots a shot of this too.

Do this at the end of my 45 mile return on/off road commute (do it once a week).

Give it a thorough clean about once every 3 months.

CX race Saturday, maybe a local mtb ride Sunday round Belper/Ambergate (or maybe a nice long run).

Cheers Wrightyson, thought it might be them :-)

@Wrightyson – where’s that coal from? My son has a coal fire and is looking for the cheapest in Belper.

Blimey! I agree with Meehaja 100%.

Never thought I’d agree with anything on here 100%!

What is the world coming to?

Ah, no, not ridden a 29er yet.

Phew!

Anybody else think footflaps is being amazingly philosophical and accepting of all this? Good on yer mate. I’d be getting very upset about it all!

Sure it will all turn out good in the end, and you’ll have many happy hours in there.

My old man is a retired builder and has taught me enough to single handedly build a garage of similar size, with power, central heating, toilet and sink etc. There’s some very good advice on here from those in the trade.

Seriously think about the insulation and damp though. Build it right first time and all your precious gear in there will be nice and snug and comfy.

Nowt ‘appens in our ‘ouse. Birthday, Xmas, Anniversary….nope, nowt.

Bought ‘er flowers twice in 20 years, once she thought she was dead and t’other time she thought I was having an affair!

Converted my Kaffenback from commute to CX this week, ready for my first CX race next weekend.

So this weekend I’ll be practicing riding in muddy fields and doing comedy dismounts and running mounts :-)

Hopefully get out on the roadie on Sunday too, unless I can talk a mate into a MTB ride.

Notoriously difficult to spot. Notoriously difficult to heal.

I broke mine over 20 years ago. 3 months in plaster. Still get grief from it. Pretty sure I’ve re-broken it at least once, sometimes I can’t even lift my fork to eat my dinner!

Mate did similar, and has the same amount of fun.

Good luck ;-)

Ha Ha! Fat Bike on Bike to Work at On-One prices :lol:

I run about 80psi in my Michelin Tracker tyres for my on/off road commute, fully loaded with 10kg of shite in my panniers. But here I’m actually going to enter a CX race!

Just stripped the mudguards and rack and other fluff off the Kaffenback, and fitted the Mich Muds. Will start at 35 psi and take it up the woods at the weekend for a try out.

Might need to video my first attempts at running mounts :lol:

Might try 38.45 then.

Cheers :-)

Sweet film :-)