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Should have sprung for the nitinol tires, wouldn't have had to worry about the glass then!
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The one time I got a puncture on my non-tubeless bike I fixed it by injecting pressurized sealant in there and getting back on my way lol. gently caress a tube forever.
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Sep 25, 2023 15:03
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Invalido posted:Thanks, I value this judgement. My e-bikes used for commuting sit on the fattest marathon pluses I can fit. Heavy and not fast but it's e-bikes so whatever, and punctures on those are so rare as not to bother me. The road bike is a different story but I don't commute much on it and don't ride it in foul weather so fixing a flat by the road every so often isn't a huge deal for me. Counterpoint: heavy duty tyres like the marathon plus and gatorskin ride and corner like poo poo and you can run something like a gp5000 tubeless and get most of the puncture resistance while also being far superior in every other way. My race and commuter bikes are both tubeless, my training bike will be tubeless as soon as the tyres need replacing and the only reason my MTB isn't is because I can't source schrader rim strips for old, narrow, 26" DT Swiss rims. I'm quite happy to trade off a little bit of maintenance, which can almost always be done at my leisure, against a massive reduction in the chance I'm going to have to sit at the side of the road getting cold, losing the feeling in my fingers trying to change a tube, getting later for work or whatever else I've managed to find the time between to go out for a ride.
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Sep 25, 2023 15:50
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SimonSays posted:Fine but these arguments never go anywhere and come up regularly hence "this is bait": tubeless is a fad because it's pointless for most riders (like most so-called improvements to bikes where you need to buy a new frame or wheelset or transmission to take advantage of it), it makes a simple five-minute tube replacement into a gross mess of cleaning up the gunk when you do wind up needing an emergency tube, and it's more expensive to do right than tubes. No, this is bait. But I’ll take it anyway. Thorns are not even close to the top of the list of reasons I ride tubeless on my mountain bikes (and gravel bikes. I don’t have a road bike so can’t speak to that). At or near the top is the fact that it makes for much much greater resistance to pinch flats, which then allows for lower tire pressure and better grip and handling. Is riding with tubes fine? Yeah, sure, in the same way that riding with a triple or no dropper post is fine. But riding tubeless (for dirt, at least) is better. Or at least worth trying. Just because it’s totally fine to do your thing and forego an improvement in technology/gear doesn’t mean it’s not an improvement.
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Sep 26, 2023 03:23
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Tubeless all the bikes. But if you don’t want to, that’s ok too. The most important thing is riding your bike
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Sep 26, 2023 05:21
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Thinking about sealant getting dry in my tires gives me bad feelings so I run tubes in all my bikes. e: when I ran tubeless I was neurotic enough to go spin the wheels on my bikes to keep the sealant moving around or something.
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Sep 26, 2023 06:03
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orange seal endurance is enough to get through a season in my experience, scrape it out in the spring add new sealant, get on with flat free life
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Sep 26, 2023 06:07
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For road: Cost is about the same. You don't buy tubes but you do buy sealant. Weight is about the same (tubes v sealant). Hassle? Adding some air before a ride is a lot less hassle IMO than swapping a tube and hunting for tiny fragments in the tire like bici said, but that's just me. YMMV. Basically it's a wash, but tubeless is more reliable (impervious to small punctures) which is extremely valuable for some folks. I'm glad I don't need to rely on a single spare inner tube on a long remote ride out of cell coverage for example.
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Sep 26, 2023 06:12
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I commute on tubeless marathon supremes and deliberately aim for broken glass to assert dominance over the jerks that put it there and clean the path a little for my fellow cyclists
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Sep 26, 2023 06:41
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I ride on solid tungsten wheels to destroy any road debris I come across.
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Sep 26, 2023 06:47
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vikingstrike posted:Tubeless all the bikes. But if you don’t want to, that’s ok too. The most important thing is riding your bike Pick a side 
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Sep 26, 2023 06:50
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jammyozzy posted:I commute on tubeless marathon supremes and deliberately aim for broken glass to assert dominance over the jerks that put it there and clean the path a little for my fellow cyclists Idk man, you can see the big cutty chunks easily but if you're grinding them up you're just turning them into those little grains that give you a time delayed puncture as they work their way in, if you've got tubes That style of puncture is one of the reasons I went tubeless admittedly
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Sep 26, 2023 06:51
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Just make the tire out of debris.
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Sep 26, 2023 07:25
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vikingstrike posted:Tubeless all the bikes. But if you don’t want to, that’s ok too. The most important thing is riding your bike sweat poteto posted:Basically it's a wash, but tubeless is more reliable (impervious to small punctures) which is extremely valuable for some folks. I'm glad I don't need to rely on a single spare inner tube on a long remote ride out of cell coverage for example.
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Sep 26, 2023 08:53
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How does sealant do in freezing temps?
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Mr Newsman posted:Should have sprung for the nitinol tires, wouldn't have had to worry about the glass then! Note: this angered the universe and I got back to my commuter after work and the tire was flat. Tube life 
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Sep 26, 2023 10:39
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Invalido posted:How does sealant do in freezing temps? That’s when you use Orange Seal Subzero, down to negative thirty Celsius.
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Platystemon posted:That’s when you use Orange Seal Subzero, down to negative thirty Celsius. That's what I've been putting in my tires, will try peaty holeshot next.
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Skarsnik posted:Pick a side I have. All my bikes are tubeless. I just don’t give a poo poo what you do.  I’ve found the hassle isn’t that bad. I enjoy less punctures that force me to do things in the moment. I’m also a big fan of lower pressures and more comfortable rides. Once you get your system down for doing it, it’s really not that bad imo and ime. I even converted my daughters Woom 4 off tubeless. vikingstrike fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Sep 26, 2023 |
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Sep 26, 2023 13:38
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Skarsnik posted:Pick a side Still running sewups on two bikes.
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Sep 26, 2023 13:43
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Finally got back home and replaced the square taper BB on my creaky loose cranks and no more wiggle or creaking so I guess the crank arm wasn't damaged, which is a relief because that thing cost way more than a BB
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bicievino posted:I commute in foul weather with it being dark on both ends of the commute for 6 months out of the year. I feel like modern armoured tyres are more worry free for commuting vs tubeless. At 5 miles each way, don’t care much about performance. You might get away with lighter tyres if you’re tubeless, and I can see that being important for longer commutes. FWIW I commute on tubeless Pirelli Cinturato Velo, belt and braces. I’ve done the commute before on fast road tyres (gp5000) tubeless and otherwise. Both get regular punctures requiring intervention of some sort, it’s not worth it.
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wooger posted:I feel like modern armoured tyres are more worry free for commuting vs tubeless. I've tried running with all the heaviest un-fun tubed commuter tires (gatorskins, marathons, etc), and have found that tubeless is still more hassle-free for me. Could be down to just the kind of poo poo on the roads here vs. wherever you are, I suppose. I'm currently also using tubeless cinturato velos, but recently heard that they make a marathon tubeless now, and will probably go to that next.
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Sep 26, 2023 15:31
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I replaced a bike chain and ended up with a couple of extra links. Is there any reason to hold on to them? Relatedly is there a better place for the old chain than the trash?
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Sep 26, 2023 18:37
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ohhyeah posted:I replaced a bike chain and ended up with a couple of extra links. Is there any reason to hold on to them? Relatedly is there a better place for the old chain than the trash?
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I got a pinhole puncture in my tubeless road setup (Enve ses 29s) on the fast people ride on Sunday about 12 miles from the end. I let the thing seal for a half a minute, hit it with the hand pump to top off the pressure, and was able to catch back on and ride in the final sprint (2nd place  ). Try that with tubes.(Granted, that’s pretty much the dream tubeless scenario. Huge luck that it happened like that)
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Sep 26, 2023 20:42
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My story with tubeless was that I set them up and 5 feet from my house got a 3/4" slash that ended that loving ride and tubeless on that tire
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bicievino posted:Still running sewups on two bikes. Run orange seal inside the tubes. I actually did this for flats until switching to tubeless on my fixie.
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Pooper Hero posted:Run orange seal inside the tubes. I actually did this for flats until switching to tubeless on my fixie. I did this for a bit on my folding bike but it didn’t make much difference ime other than mess when I did flat
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ohhyeah posted:I replaced a bike chain and ended up with a couple of extra links. Is there any reason to hold on to them? Relatedly is there a better place for the old chain than the trash? Grab some key rings and make a couple of these for the heck of it 
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Sentient Data posted:Grab some key rings and make a couple of these for the heck of it These are like the bicycle version of the cool S
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I’m about 3/4 of the way to my harlequin chain, can’t wait to throw it on the cross bike
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I need to raise my bars, at least 20mm maybe as much as 40mm I have this bike: https://bikes.com/products/solo-c50-23?variant=43474991120619 as far as I can tell, the stem is already at the top of the steerer tube, and the tube is carbon what are my options?
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Sep 27, 2023 04:44
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Get a stem that rises at a steeper angle.
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Specialized has a bar that has 15mm of rise if stem aesthetics bother you a lot https://www.specialized.com/us/en/hover-expert-alloy-handlebars--15mm-rise/p/156001 There’s also steerer extenders, though I can’t recommend those for serious riding. That and they don’t extend just a little bit like 40mm.
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Just fitted two new tires to my partner's MTB and set it up for tubeless with sealant etc. then realised I'd fitted the front tire around the wrong way fml. Going to fix it tomorrow, not looking forward to the sealant mess. I figure I can deflate the tire, take the bead off one side and pour most of the sealant out before pulling the tire off completely.
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tylertfb posted:[...] was able to catch back on and ride in the final sprint (2nd place Try*that* in a small tube
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Blackhawk posted:Just fitted two new tires to my partner's MTB and set it up for tubeless with sealant etc. then realised I'd fitted the front tire around the wrong way fml. Going to fix it tomorrow, not looking forward to the sealant mess. I figure I can deflate the tire, take the bead off one side and pour most of the sealant out before pulling the tire off completely.
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Blackhawk posted:I'd fitted the front tire around the wrong way fml.
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CopperHound posted:Ask me about my wheels with the spokes crossing over the valve stem. Monstrous, inhuman
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