disappointed there’s no mention of “lunging” in front of co-workers dressed like that.

Most cyclists look like complete prats the second they step off their bicycle. may as well embrace it. 8)

just staying off grot sites for 3 months? 8O

Blacks sell exactly what you describe (about £20-30). they’re ok for really wet cold uplifted DHing but pedalling around in? yeeewww! No.

Lightweight cordura DH/Freeride(is that still a thing?) trousers would be way more comfortable and less sweaty.

just stop grinding your teeth. it really is that simple.

Oh.. don’t get me wrong. Everything about the guy seems well and truely EPIC :D

Bingo!

it’s as if Surly individually screen each and every customer for mental health issues before they’ll sell to them.

sidewall support at even lower pressures? Hmmm… how’s that work then?

oh, yeah… it doesn’t

Quit looking for the holy grail in stupid “upgrades”. ride your bikes a bit more and learn the limits of the tyres you actually have.

Ah.. Madonna’s pie. remember it well from the 90s.

There’s a countdown timer on RedbullTV Here

it still forces the sharp object through the tyre easily and punctures it! that’s what.

The force of gravity acting on the rider and the bicycle is what causes sharp objects on the ground to puncture tyres.
lower pressures will not stop this.

actually… what will make this stop?

is your tea not ready yet?

ha ha.. :) your awesome ms paint skills aside, what on earth is the above attempting to prove?

FACT is that the chance of picking up a Puncture from rolling over a sharp object is NOT reduced by lowering tyre pressure.

again Wow! 8O

you really don’t have a clue do you?

Are you honestly telling us the force exerted on the ground increases when we run a higher pressure in our tyres?

I’m not a teacher Ramsay.
it shouldn’t take a genius to understand that everything thisisnotaspoon typed was either completely incorrect/made up or in the case of the pic hugely irrelevant and only posted to try and get a reaction.
“Wow!” was simply an exclamation of shock at being presented by all of the above.

Not understanding why my reaction was to say “wow” I can only assume you’re not even aware of how flawed and full of utter nonsense your reply was.

wow! that really was a pointless reply 8O

The larger tyre should puncture less all else being equal as it will be running lower PSI.

I have heard this quoted in the past.
Can you please explain how exactly this works in the real world?

Yay for the Telephone! :D

I think tyres with a softer and thinner rubber compound are more likely to pick up a shard of something and then subsequently have that shard penetrate the rubber and carcass and get to the inner tube.

Yeah, you might well be onto something there. a lot of cheaper larger volume tyres also have thicker tread channels whereas a quality 25mm slick will have none. so there’s a good bit of luck going on as to what is picked up and what isn’t too. similarly with high pressures Vs low luck comes into play as to what debris is picked up and what will be glanced off the tyre.

You don’t think a larger contact patch has more chance picking up punctures then Geetee?

asking people to think?

it might just save your life one day MrWhiles :roll:

I’d love to have been a fly on the wall during SRAMs R&D pitch for their X01 DH XD driver 7 speed cassette.

These guys are either complete genius or complete ****. I don’t really know how to tell which.

ah – that’s some seriously poor cycling skills you’re admitting to.

I think you’re wrong Geetee. bearing in mind “most” cycle tyres are generic cheap shit fitted to sub £200 bicycles and high end bicycle tyres only make up a tiny proportion of all tyres produced.

but talking of “thinking” do you “think” a 32mm tyre would have more or less chance picking up a thorn, flint or piece of glass than a 25mm one during a ride?

apologies for the use of humour in serious engineering thread

They are saying that the adjuster is set to nearly slow because they are using the shim stack to adjust rebound.

You might want to go back and think about that comment ;)

SRAM’s R&D work

:lol:
Sram R&D Guy: how about copying Shimano Capreo cassettes/freehubs but add MOAR teeth and sell them to mountainbikers at extortionate prices?
Head of Sram: Yeah, that’ll work. hold back on the 9T sprocket until we have our 12 speed group ready tho ;)
R&D Guy: Ah.. ENDURO?

not always. no. do you also think the steel bead and poor quality carcass helps?

quality sub 250g 25mm puncture resistant tyres are available. just so you know.

With slacker and slacker bikes a granny ring aint going to help you past a certain steepness point anyway.

OMG! :roll:

why not simply avoid potholes.

there’s no reason to believe a 250g 25mm tyre will puncture more often than a 550g 32mm one either.

Have you phoned Mojo yet?

It’s the third time in the last 6 months this has happened

Consider a better wheelbuilder rather than new wheels.

Hypnotoad, What 8 speed shifter do you use?

Poah

a 26t granny ring with a 11-34 cassette would have given you EXACTLY the same range as your 30T 13-40 set up but lots lighter a quarter of the price and far less faff/waste.

FFS! just turn the rebound adjuster until the shock returns at a speed you’re happy with.

it was sound advice. as your next piece of waffle proved. ;)

I’ve already debunked that one

STFU
You’ve debunked nothing.

individual sprockets don’t even need to be pinned/riveted.

FFS Doug.

Exactly the same way shimano manages to make 8 separate sprockets for an hg41. pin a chunk of them together, add a lock ring and punt them out at an rrp of £14.99

Aye, but it’s only 8speed that’s mince tax free ;)

£6.99

Stronger and lighter too