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Mamilian
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Приєднався 20 лют 2020
Getting old sucks, might as well have a nice bike :).
Ten tip to make riding the indoor trainer suck less
It’s trainer season in large areas of the Northern Hemisphere. As someone who rides the trainer a lot, I figured it would be good to share some tips on how I make it work for me.
Intro: 00:02
Concepts: 00:11
RPE: 00:44
Trainers are harder: 1:10
One: 1:38
Two: 2:14
Three: 2:40
Four: 3:19
Five: 4:23
Six: 4:59
Seven: 5:40
Eight: 6:36
Nine: 7:37
Ten: 8:05
Wrapping up: 9:37
Intro: 00:02
Concepts: 00:11
RPE: 00:44
Trainers are harder: 1:10
One: 1:38
Two: 2:14
Three: 2:40
Four: 3:19
Five: 4:23
Six: 4:59
Seven: 5:40
Eight: 6:36
Nine: 7:37
Ten: 8:05
Wrapping up: 9:37
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We Can Do Better
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Ended up in the ER last night, and while I was there had time to think. Then something bizarre happened, and this video was born.
Cannondale SAVE Carbon Seatpost - Shaped for Comfort
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First video in the "how to make riding the trainer suck less" series. A seatpost that makes a HUGE difference in trainer comfort.
Two Gravel Racing Quick Tips
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I see a lot of very similar questions out on the Internet that fall into the "I did my first gravel race, it didn't go well, how do I fix it?". My first gravel race was exactly that. It was one of the most demoralizing things I've ever done on a bike. I did not want to repeat that, so I put a huge amount of effort into figuring out how to fix the things I can fix. It is just a couple “easy” thi...
Quick Tip: Lynskey GR300 Rear Thru Axle
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I got a question on how to use the thru axle in the GR300. This video explains how it works.
Clamp TT / Tri Bike in Workstand (Bike Stand)
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It can be a challenge to get your TT/Tri bike in a workstand if you don't know how to do it. This is a quick tip on how to make that happen.
1904 100K - 2024 Recap
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Normally I like to get these out pretty quick. Unfortunately, I messed up and wasn't able to make that happen. Better late than never :P Intro: 00:05 Stuff happens: 1:19 Race: 4:34 Wrapping up: 7:10 Race video: ua-cam.com/video/JSWPVIz6oQM/v-deo.html
1904 100K : 2024 - "Full" Race
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DNF due to a crash (completely my fault) ~8 miles from the finish. Planning to do a recap, but not sure when.
Race the Lake - 2024 Recap
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Race the Lake is an 88-ish mile road race out of Fond du Lac, WI that has been being held of ages, and the organizers have pretty much nailed it. Intro: 00:05 Event: 00:16 Notables: 05:01 Race: 06:53 Takeaways: 11:51 Wrapping up: 13:51
Dust Bowl 100 Mile - 2024 Recap
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Dust Bowl is a large, relatively new, gravel race hosted in Eminence, IN. According to the organizer, it is Indiana's "Premier Gravel Race". I've never raced in Indiana before, so I'll take their word for it ;). Full Race: ua-cam.com/video/gH8COW2_t-8/v-deo.html Intro: 00:03 The Event: 01:08 The Course: 05:04 The Race: 10:33 Takeaways: 16:57 Some Numbers: 18:05 Wrapping Up: 19:02
Dust Bowl 100 Miles - 2024 : Full Race
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Fast and crit-like. Corners, corners, corners. Did I mention there were corners? Recap : ua-cam.com/video/gH8COW2_t-8/v-deo.html
Burning Quad 100k -2024 Recap
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It was hot, humid, and windy on Saturday. Great day to suffer, in a good way, in Erie, IL. Full race: ua-cam.com/video/2AcKnEoJ66c/v-deo.html Intro: 00:02 The Event: 00:34 Tire Talk: 03:33 The Race: 3:50 Reflection: 13:27 Wrapping Up: 15:09
Burning Quad 100K - 2024 : Full Race
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Hot, humid, windy, demoralizing, awesome. Another great event hosted by the Big River Gravel series
JOIN Cycling Coach & Training - Review
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I had high hopes for the JOIN Cycling adaptive training plan/app. Unfortunately, some rough edges make it difficult to recommend. Intro: 00:02 Setup: 01:22 Good stuff: 02:25 Not awesome: 04:04 The niggles: 09:04 Wrapping up: 11:43
Xpedo CXR Pro
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I picked up the CXR Pro pedals for my road bike about two years ago. Recently something happened that made it time to do the review. Intro: 00:05 Why I have them: 00:35 General thoughts: 01:41 A problem emerges: 02:50 And then a solution (thanks Xpedo): 03:17
Potential Fix for Annoying Garmin Rally Pedal Squeaking
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Potential Fix for Annoying Garmin Rally Pedal Squeaking
Hell of the Wind 100K - 2024 : Full Race
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Hell of the Wind 100K - 2024 : Full Race
Far Sports / Farsports / Wheelsfar Hyper Disc : First Look
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Far Sports / Farsports / Wheelsfar Hyper Disc : First Look
Quick Tip - Easy Tubeless Tire Installation
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Quick Tip - Easy Tubeless Tire Installation
Can i fit a shimano 11 speed freehub to this sun ringle wheel?
The biggest upgrade that made my indoor(zwift) setup better is Tacx motion plates, if you have any version of tacx neo they are definitely worth the investment, they totally change the experience and now 2 hours is nothing. Lasko pro fan for sure! I need to check out the other Lasko products:) I agree with the theory of use a comfortable bike, personally I use my best summer road bike so I can dial my fit better throughout the winter. This winter I moved my saddle forward to shorten my reach slightly and I also changed to shorter cranks and raised the saddle and bars accordingly to decrease my hip angle.
I would add environment! I had my bike in my dumpy garage and while that made me feel Rocky Balboa for a minute it soon became depressing. I reorganized the whole place and threw some colorful lights to make it more exciting to be there. Good video! 🎉
Great tip. Thanks!
If I am sweating, it means I am working, I like to sweat, lol...these are great pointers, 🫡
I just resubscribed to Join yesterday. It seems that they respect your workout hours to a higher degree than last time I tried, 2-3 months ago.
Thanks, this was helpful. Last winter I avoided my trainer completely due to my disdain for Zwift. This season I'll be figuring out how to get useful workouts without a "trainer" program.
Great video and I say this as someone who has implemented many (possibly all) of these suggestions. They can make your trainer rides more comfortable... in the ways that it should be comfortable. 😅 I would add if you are unable to get a professional bike fit for your trainer, there are some decent virtual apps that can help with some easy modifications like saddle height, distance from handle bars, etc if you're unable to gauge that yourself.
My bum does take a lot of abuse!
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I gotta believe that the day time flashing mode does not last 25 hours.Maybe a typo. 2.5 hours more likely..?
Garmin claims 25 hours in day flash mode: www.garmin.com/en-US/p/550821#specs
@@Mamilian I just used the UT800 today for the first time, and it is great how bright it is in the daytime strobe mode. I will keep using it to see how long the battery lasts in daytime strobe, but it does not seem logical that it could last 25 hours, when the other modes do not last even half as long... I still think Garmin has a typo, but I will see...
@@mnewbro It's unlikely to be wrong, or really wrong. It makes sense given how much less energy it takes to pulse an LED for .5s vs continuously power that LED.
question not related to the subject at hand ... do you know if those Praxis chainrings are compatible with Shimano cranks (old Shimano 5 bolts crankset or maybe the current 4 bolts ones)
They are not compatible with current Shimano 4 bolt designs. They should work with any 5-bolt 110BCD crankset. Some of the older Shimano cranks used this format.
@@Mamilian Thx for your answer. In some Praxis video, they said their chainrings only work on their cranks, but I wasn't sure.
Where do you find the MS freehub, like you, I want to exchange for a MS👍
I bought it on eBay.
1.3x speed. 9.5 min to learn "safe-ish"
You're welcome?
Truly a game changer 🚴🏽
I think you made an mistake by saying 8 psi , you ment 8 bar in one minute?
Nope. I usually ride 4-6PSI on the fat bike.
Sold. Using the pads under the trainer helped a ton (thanks for that advice) but any additional comfort is always welcome.
I respect you for putting your opinion out there. To be honest, I'm torn on this subject. On one hand, I've had at least 3 occasions where I should have gone to the ER (one of them a bike crash), but the huge deductible on my plan caused me to avoid it. Just recently we had to take my daughter to the ER for a very scary situation, and we had to just go to the closest one available, which was out of network. I spent way too long worrying what the bill for that was when all I should have cared about was my daughter. On the other hand though, in a single payer system we share the cost burden for the health of all. I don't think it's very fair that as a health focused person who exercises and eats well is on the hook for the massive cost of medical issues with people who don't have the discipline or don't care about their own health. In the US, something like 4 of the 5 top reasons for non-advanced age mortality are symptoms of obesity or overweight, including heart disease and diabetes. If I'm not mistaken I think high blood pressure medication is the #1 prescription cost in the country. So, I think both systems have their pros and cons, and unfortunately I doubt there is a perfect system.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I completely agree that there isn't a perfect system. I don't think single payer is perfect, but I do think it's better, and I think the data supports that stance. I hope the below explains my thinking around this topic in more detail. Insurance is a mechanism to spread risk. The bigger the pool in the insurance grouping, the lower the individual cost and risk. One difference b/w a single-payer run insurance scheme, and the multiple insurance providers we use in the US is scale; more scale nets lower individual cost and risk. The other major difference is one model is for-profit, the other is not (in application). For-profit companies have different incentives than not-for-profit. The number and size of the pools doesn't fundamentally change the underlying risk factors; people in high-risk categories exist either way. Currently, we're paying for these folks one of two ways. One, they have health insurance, so they are in a pool - everyone in that pool covers their risk. The other, is if they don't have health insurance, then they forgo routine (cheap, preventative) care, and only receive catastrophic care; which is expensive and difficult to schedule. This isn't efficient, we have to plan for higher peak than otherwise. Everyone who has health insurance in the US pays for the second approach through higher costs at hospitals/urgent care facilities/etc. That cost doesn't go away, it's just spread out differently. We're paying for high-risk people either way. There's no way to get around that without denying them catastrophic care. I don't think that's a choice that most people would opt for. With a single-payer scheme, everyone has insurance. Everyone can (or not) opt into the cheap, preventative care model. Which should save money, pain, and lives in the long term. The US has the highest (roughly double) per person healthcare cost versus comparable countries. Our for-profit model drives this difference. Conversely, health outcomes in the US are worse than other countries. I don't have great numbers here, but I suspect that wealthy people with good insurance have great outcomes, and everyone else the opposite. There are way (way) more not-wealthy people in the US. This would explain the data. I suspect that if we turned around the model, we would see fewer people in high-risk categories. I suspect that one of the reasons why our population is obese and has poor health outcomes (vs the rest of the developed world) is because we don't make it cheap and easy to get routine care, and the basic health literacy that comes with that. If you're guaranteed two GP checks a year where you're educated about healthy behaviors and mildly shamed for poor decision making, we might see a change in outcomes.
Not much to add other than I completely agree. Hope you're feeling better.
Perfect. Thank you for sharing.
Where else can you get the O ring from beside Husky?
I used a #15 O ring that I bought at Home Depot.
I want to change the sealed bearing. Any idea on the size?
As someone who owns a Revolt and is debating a titanium Lynsky or Litespeed this video was extremely helpful.
I know it varies for different people based on their circulation, but from your experience, should these work down to 0 F with thicker gloves?
Probably going to depend a lot on how hard you're working and how well insulated your arms are. I've ridden these with light gloves at -3 F and no gloves in the 20s. But, I generally keep my HR in Z2+ when I'm riding the fat bike. Riding at a low intensity would net a different result. Also generally bring a couple pairs of gloves with me, so I can start the ride with a medium weight and swap for a light set when I warm up.
@@Mamilianyour reply is helpful so thank you! Based on your response, I think these should work well for me. 45NRTH has them on sale currently for 60% off so going to try them out.
Did you try wheels with carbon spokes? can you compare handling/cornering ?
I have not. TBH, I don't get the allure. I'd rather have a spoke that has a little more compliance and isn't hard to find/replace when it breaks.
Pathfinder S-works is more than 100 g lighter!
NICE RELAXED explanation. thanks
Nice video - where have you mounted the gopro? Underneath the stem / handlebar - or on the top?
Thanks. It's attached to the GoPro mount on the underside of my out-front computer mount. I talk through the setup here - ua-cam.com/video/VkqRZv780fo/v-deo.html.
I know this is quite a late comment, but is it possible that the shimano 105 di2 dont have enough ports to be able to insert external shifters?
In a wired setup, you can always add more ports with junction boxes.
Hi, i'm interested too. For these gravel wheels-set. There is a rim with 26mm IW, FS35/32GH hooked. Are a 40mm tire compatible with 26mm inner rim width?? or should i go to 24, 25mm IW?? Are these rim safe with 3 bar tire pressure? (i don't trust hookless rims) Thank you for the support
This is a good resource for IW/tire size compatibility: www.wtb.com/pages/tire-rim-fit-chart. 3 bar (~43.5PSI) would be totally fine as long as the tire is also rated for that pressure level.
would you say from experience that 2 Frames (With NO Wheels and Groupset )an SL8 54 and a Factor Ostro 52 would fit in this Bag and their handlebars?
I was curious how many sprockets it could hold
It has a HG hub. Should be able to put up to a 12 speed Shimano HG compatible cassette on it.
Which lezyne co2 inflator would seat a bead?
From those workout charts I believe I recognize an Xert user. I've been with them since Beta, love it. And for carbs/hr, the biggest thing I've noticed for my own offroad endurance rides is that I am not super hungry when getting home. At ~150# and ~150w avg, I target 75-100g/hr. More than that wasn't settling well. Before making the change I was probably down around 30-40g/hr, and I would get home and eat ALL the foods. And then feel like crap.
I have a love/hate relationship with Xert. LOVE the load tracking and ability to slice data. Not a fan of the workout recommendations. Sometimes they are perfect, other times, I think Xert is trying to kill me :).
Load tracking is definitely a good one, but I've been really impressed for years with their derivation of TP and LTP. And yeah, I don't use many of their stock or generated workouts. I'm usually doing "zone 2" paced by DFAa numbers, or some workouts in Xert from the few years I had a coach (who's long been a supporter, and critic, of Xert).
@@Zyzzyx42 I totally forgot about the derived TP/LTP. That is very useful as well. I also really like their workout player for doing indoor training. It's one of the best I've found.
Thank you for sharing. If I may contribute briefly to the calorie content 6:16 issue. Your assumption has a few challenges to it. One being that the body also consumes fat somebody’s consume more fat than others especially if they’ve been trained to be fat adapted. Even a skinny body probably has 20,000 cal and fat. In addition the body can typically hold about 2000 cal of carbohydrates so you’re not starting from zero I’m no expert but I guess the point is that Carbohydrate consumption during the ride could probably be less than indicated and still have a successful ride. And I believe that number is different for everyone. And it can vary with a type of carbohydrates eaten whether it’s gels or real food or something in between or a combination.
This is a more complex topic that I intentionally presented in a simplified way. Fat burn is not missing from the model as presented however, it is an aspect of the calories "that come off the body". I discuss some thoughts around fat adaptation in the article I mentioned (link is in the description). The TL;DR is that unless you are riding at low intensity, running off fat is not a viable strategy. If it were, we wouldn't "bonk". Some amount of your caloric debt will be covered with fat at most intensity levels. The lower the intensity, the more fat can be used to pay that debt. The body prefers glucose however. It is the quickest, and most efficient way to create the ATP your muscles need to activate. The more glucose, and things that can be easily converted to glucose (i.e. fructose), you can intake the less fat the body needs to burn. Lowering your fat requirement increases the available intensity level. This video is targeted at racing but the nutritional discussion is applicable to any ride where performance is an aspect of "success". There are many different way to define "success"; that will pivot around your goals. The approach to fueling will vary depending on what those goals are. If you're going on a 5 hour Z2 ride, with the intent to maximize fat burn, you would not want to fuel the same as a race. But, if you were going on a 5 hour Z2 ride, where the intent is to hold a more consistent power level, and be in a place where doing it again the next day, you will want to run a higher carb mix. This is probably a topic that I need to dive into further in a future video. Nutrition is a lever that we can pull. How we pull it depends on the goals for the ride, and the next ride.
My race watts are about 270 average for 4 to 5 hours. Meaning I need about 970 kcals > 243 grams of carb per hour. And that's without my bmr kcals included, wich is around 90 kcals per hour. Wich make my deplation around 265 carbs or 1060 kcals per hour. I can easily stuff myself with 3000 kcals in an hour off the bike. But riding and digesting 265 carbs per hour is just impossible. So yea, the carb up is really important. I usually start 2 days in advance with a carb and salt load. I also sweat a lot. About 1.2 liters per hour at this pace. Wich makes it a race of intake more than anything. It's especially hard because I do those races without a team to hand me my nutrition and bottles. Wich makes my setup heavy. Gravel racing is kinda though if you want to have good results as an amature. Oh, and nice vid by the way. Love the humbleness and clear explanation. Subscribed!
Went to a gravelrace, now my bike is getting a dropper🥵
This was great Andrew. You'll be seeing some similar workouts in Zwift next week for me. Bring on the pain. lol
Hi Andrew, thank you very much for this 'custom' video! Pretty amazing of you! I had already found out that the proces you describe here is only way to snuggly tighten the lever, but this seemed so unlogical that I could not believe this would be the correct way. Great to know I can ride with confidence this weekend, not having to worry my rear axle will fail, but I have ordered the Robert project axles. Thansk again!
Hi Mamilian, I also have a GR300 which I had build by a local bike shop. I only now ran into the problems of the weird thru axles, because until now did not need to remove them. I will probably also swap them for better axles, but for now, I have this urgent issue with the rear axle: after having screwed in the axle, I cannot lock the quick release, becuase it is too tight. Unlike the front axle, where you can adjust the tightness of the QR with an allen wrench, the rear axle does not have this possibility. Would you know how to adjust the tightness of the QR of the rear axle?
The mechanism is a little unintuitive. The lever rotates separately from the axle. Turn in the axle in the open position, then close the lever to test the tightness. If it's not snug, open again and tight some more, then test. When you get to a good place, you can move the lever to the desired place without tightening the axle. Then close it to snug everything up. Hope that helps.
@@Mamilian thanks so much for the quick reply and support! Verry much appreciated! The problem I have is that the lever is too tight, so I need to untighten it, but I can't figure out how. Reading your advise, am I right to conclude that I cannot simply first snugly turn in the axle to the right snuglieness and afterwards tighten the lever? But I need to balance the tightness of the axle with the tightness of the lever? If so, this is the only way I am able to snugly tighten the lever, but this seems wrong, because now the axle is not fitted as tightly as needed.
@@bhghjhjlbhb357 ua-cam.com/video/JyC6CqWlEWs/v-deo.html
check out the " Driftless 100" in Elkader Iowa. i did the 100k last year they have a 200k for you young guys almost all on gravel with plenty of hills for separation , some sections are loose gravel but the do have beer after
Thanks! I appreciate the "for you young guys" :D.
Is this in America ? Why are they using the metric system, we use feet, inches, yards
Thank you for the insight and real world experience shared. I WILL remember that as I just am mounting up a set.
Aero bikes like that tt you can remove the seatpost and install a normal post in them and then clamp that.
How would you clamp the normal post in the seat tube? I don't see how that could work; I have a Speed Concept. Even if that was an option, that's a lot of work to clamp the bike. Especially if you have Di2 with the battery in the seat post. FWIW, the easy way to work on a TT bike if you can't clamp the seat post, is to hang it from the saddle. Most TT saddles can be gently clamped as well - if you need more stability.
@@Mamilian not a lot of work. Most seatposts come in three sizes. You just remove the aero and install regular. No seat will be moved so reinstall at the same height and your off. Now it won’t work with anything other than round post holes of course.
@@tasaman I'm not aware of any modern TT bikes that have a round post. Do you have an e.g.? If you have Di2, it would be disconnection the battery, making sure the cables didn't get stuck in the bike when you stick in alternate seatpost, then getting the tape out to ensure that you put it all back together correctly. There are easier options: ua-cam.com/video/hvtiEphcbpU/v-deo.html
Does anyone know which Shimano freehub body I can get for this wheel set? I have a Shimano HG 10 Speed cassette.
Sorry to hear about your injury, I hope you have a speedy recovery. If you've healed up enough to do the Turkey Burner I'll look for you near the back of the pack.
I will be fighting for the DFL award :D
I have an Ultegra 52/36 front crankset with Shimano 11/32 cassette. Shimano RD-R8000 is the der. So does it mean that I can change my cassette to the SRAM 11-36 with no issue? Has it been working for you fine?
If it's a medium cage (the model number is printed on the mech), you're good to go. Likely that you'll need to add a link or two to the chain.
The good news is you know what is necessary to recover, come back strong(er) and pickup where you left off. Follow Dr advice to avoid setbacks. 👊🏽
why the rear "shelf" concerns you? it doesn't play any role here, right ? Did you test/use Stone adapter (with tightened screws) ? so you can compare them
The purpose of "rear shelf", as I understand it, is to align the rings during installation and likely also provides some level of support to the ring during use, assisting the chainring bolt so it is not the only load bearing element. I'm not sure I understand what you're asking to be compared. I provided the measurements for the respective spiders in each video. The most important number there is likely to be the width of tab where the rings are mounted (this sets the distance b/w the rings when they are installed), as this will impact shifting performance. Here we can see that the Croder spider is much closer to the spider on the Specialized Power Crank.
@@Mamilian yes, i can agree that the most important measurement is the thickness of mounting tabs.
did you test it with 8 bolts fastened ? i doubt it's gonna move .....
How would you test that? With your hands? Testing component failure modes is very difficult without specialist equipment. I'm not going to build a rig that does that, not when there are alternatives that aren't designed poorly. Just to be clear, if you're cool putting that in your bike, I have no problem with that. You get to have your preferences and I get you have mine. I prefer to use things that are well designed and less likely to fail.
@@Mamilian on a bike of course, you have to pedal a bit, and you will see if it works or not ....
You're suggesting I should test a product that I have concerns around the safety and function on the bike? This isn't the kind of thing that is going to fail immediately. It's the kind of thing that will fail after use, and during use. If it fails at the wrong time, you could crash. I would rather spend the extra money to just get something that I am comfortable with. Since you commented on the other video, you've seen the difference between these spiders. I don't understand why we are having this discussion.
@@Mamilian yes, i suggest testing them before making those "statements"
If by "those statements" you mean characterizing a product which I believe to be poorly designed and potentially unsafe as poorly designed and potentially unsafe. I don't think that I need to put myself at risk to voice that opinion, an opinion that I checked with an engineer. You are free to disagree. You're free to do whatever you want. It is mind-blowing that having seen the difference between this spider and the Coder spider we're continuing to have this discussion. But hey, it is totally fine with me if you want to risk yourself over a few $. 👍
Hey, nice vid! you think these tyres will fit a road bike as 32mm?
Hi did you test the sworks version? Do you think will be more prone to flats? Any other favorite gravel tire Thanks a lot
I haven't used the S-Works version. Word has it they were having issues. My new fav tire is the Schwalbe G-One RS.
@@Mamilian oh RS its also in my list, 40? 45? Easy rolling but to easy flat? Thanks again
@@gabrielmarias972 I have the 35 & 45 sizes. Generally race on the 45. Fast, comfortable, great all-purpose tire.