Comments on: Alpine Discovery Ride http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-1180 Treadly and Me Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:25:23 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/#comment-1180 <p>Yeah, it did occur to me that I might need to install a <a href="http://www.sheldonbrown.com/flats.html#tirerepair" rel="nofollow">tyre boot</a> (and a $5 note was about all I had on me that would do the job) but as it turned out, reducing the tyre pressure was all I needed to do to smooth out the lump enough to get home.</p> <p>The tyre was fritzed by the time I finished though. Fortunately the manufacturers replaced it just on my say-so—the replacement arrived before I'd even got the damaged one off the bike (let along sent it back).</p> <p>Now it's my quads that are knackered. I think I must have strained something because I haven't been able to ride too hard or too long since, and I've had to pull out of a brevet coming up this weekend. Ho hum…</p> Yeah, it did occur to me that I might need to install a tyre boot (and a $5 note was about all I had on me that would do the job) but as it turned out, reducing the tyre pressure was all I needed to do to smooth out the lump enough to get home.

The tyre was fritzed by the time I finished though. Fortunately the manufacturers replaced it just on my say-so—the replacement arrived before I’d even got the damaged one off the bike (let along sent it back).

Now it’s my quads that are knackered. I think I must have strained something because I haven’t been able to ride too hard or too long since, and I’ve had to pull out of a brevet coming up this weekend. Ho hum…

]]> By: tim http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-1179 tim Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:43:39 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/#comment-1179 <p>Not sure if it works as well on a road bike as it does on a MTB, but using a plastic Aussie bank note as a tyre liner can help keep dodgy tyres intact.</p> <p>The stiffness of the $5 note (for most of us, $50 for the Colnago set) stops the tube from trying to herniate through the sidewall if the casing has lost its structural integrity.</p> <p>This technique has the benefit that when the tyre really is beyond help and needs replacement, you can spend the contents of your old tyre on buying a new one.</p> <p>tim</p> Not sure if it works as well on a road bike as it does on a MTB, but using a plastic Aussie bank note as a tyre liner can help keep dodgy tyres intact.

The stiffness of the $5 note (for most of us, $50 for the Colnago set) stops the tube from trying to herniate through the sidewall if the casing has lost its structural integrity.

This technique has the benefit that when the tyre really is beyond help and needs replacement, you can spend the contents of your old tyre on buying a new one.

tim

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Treadly and Me Mon, 04 Feb 2008 06:20:54 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/#comment-1178 <p>Thanks Grant. It was much more fun than I made it sound.</p> Thanks Grant. It was much more fun than I made it sound.

]]> By: Grant http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-1177 Grant Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:06:31 +0000 http://treadly.net/2008/01/31/alpine-discovery-ride/#comment-1177 <p>Epic report, -- congratulations on getting through.</p> <p>cheers</p> <p>Grant</p> Epic report, — congratulations on getting through.

cheers

Grant

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