Always have a needle and dental floss, cable ties preferably 3 long 2 med so you can cut then to size, spear tube if you running tubes like me (prefer a higher psi than a tubless offers for my wheels currently). Doesn't hurt to have a multi tool of you or even a swiss army knife (saved me loads of times).
get a bike as simple as possible, good luck finding 650b tiers or tubes rim,, or bleed kit or 10-speed parts, derailleur , brake leavers-shifters , in a small town in the middle of nowhere go 26 , v brake, 3x8 speed,
I use a hub gear so all derailleur issues are not for me. I also use runflat tires, never punctured in over 38000km. Sometimes it is helpful to carry duct tape and metal wire when travelling.
Dump tubeless for show-off on a bike parade of in your local bike park with lifts, sag car, ambient bike shops, etc. Use puncture protection liners and take a tire (not tube) patch with you - better take an extra folding tire.
I rode 5500kms across Australia over 21 days as part of the 2018 Indian Pacific Wheel Race and not once did I clean my chain! I did apply a very high quality wax lube every day. I did not have any trouble with my chain or drive train during the entire ride. No other racers that I'm aware of cleaned their chain and I personally would not recommend getting involved with diesel under any circumstances. If your chain worries you on epic rides, just stop at a bike shop half way through your journey and get the chained replaced, quick and easy solution but not necessary.
Really enjoying that you diversified. These bikepacking/gravel/adventure related videos, or other less "pro peloton" centric content is much apreciated! Keep up the good work :)
Sean Conway is an ultra distance cyclist. There's a difference between bikepacking and sleeping in ditches on the side of the road for when you need a quick shut eye during a race.
make sure you can get the tubeless lock ring unscrewed if you are planning on swapping it out for a tube in the case of a flat. I've seen several that needed pliers. another good reason to carry that little multi-tool.
GCN you need to check out the dynaplug system. I keep one in my saddle bag as I run tubeless tires. A friend turned me on to this. But it looks like a little silver pill and has all you need to plug a tubeless tire and cut the plug end. It’s fast and easy. This is perfect for bikepacking.
Diesel evaporates really poorly, that's why all diesel pistols are usually grimy at all the gas stations. Now if you degrease with petrol - that evaporates very well! Still wouldn't recommend it, unless it's a special occasion like this.
i got 4 weeks of bikepacking coming up this summer and as the bike nerd of the family i will have to make sure that we got everything we need with us, so your videos are really helpful! keep it going! Could you talk about touring with lightweight road/racebike and things to look out doing so? i cant affort another bike so i have to take what i got and that is an Cannondale CAAD 12. atleast i got life long warranty on the frame lol
BTW... I noticed those shorts you guys were using in the Morocco episode. They looked quite different than 'normal' lycra shorts but I couldn't see any details on them on that episode. But from the looks of them on this episode, I think they look quite interesting. Any info you could provide would be great!
in 3 years riding with the schwalbe marathon plus 28mm i punctured twice i think. quite unlike the continental gatorskins i had. Totally destroyed both front and back with in a week lol
Really ? I run M+ on my commuter and I flat twice per year. And I live in Paris where roads a pretty good, although full of trash I 've to say. Good but not flawless. My experience.
@@SuperDeinVadda In the 7 years i started using gatorskins instead of grand sports i have gotten one flat. And only because i rode through one of those tunnels under a highway in belgium where the drunks drink their stuff. That ended up being a deep and wide slash instead of a puncture. No general punctures now in 7 years. Thank you continental. Best tires in the WORLD.
There is a great lube with a built in cleaner called ATB Lube .Cleans and lubes at the same time. (Absolutely The Best) . There are 3 weights for different purposes and times of year. i use the medium (red) ATB Lube after every ride and wipe it off with a clean rag. and I have never had a chain problem. I have never detected stretch or cassette wear. My chains last 3k-5k miles and they look and perform like they are new. I only replace them just so I can tell my friends, "I just changed my chain.".
I've saved a mate a long trip when his tyre split! I ate a banana & then inserted the skin between the tyre & inner tube , he did a good 20 miles to get home on it! A banana is a fantastic tool, never leave home without one 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
Most sealant won't seal anything above 40psi, as most have been designed for mountain bikes. That's fine for some kinds of tires people use for bike-packing but if you're using sealant for pressures over 40psi Orange Endurance Sealant is perfect. Also in very dry climates sealant can dry to a crust in literally weeks, so always add additional sealant if needed.
Running tubeless on a touring setup seems like a pretty silly idea to me. Sure punctures are less likely on the whole, but mendability is definitely more of a consideration. I just run clinchers and carry spare tubes. Way easier.
Running a light weight tyre on a bike packing trip is more the issue. I think schwalbe now do tubeless in their marathon range. If it is as puncture resistant as their tube version this is a winner.
And a question. What about your brakes? I presume you had hydraulic disc brakes there. How do you repair them if the unthinkable happens? Do you carry extra brake oil? #torqueback
GCN guys make sure to tell your viewers that you should remove the plastic part of the tire repair kit plug. Just use the plug no excess material. The plastic is slippery and will not hold the plug in place.
Jon I have a question, I proudly purchased my first carbon bike, Fuji Transonic 2.1, and I watched Dan's video on quick realease scewer use. My question is on a carbon frame how much pressure should be used to close scewer without damaging the frame?
In Morocco, they have a washing powder for clothes called "Tide" pronounced "Teed" (in both Moroccan and French). This stuff must be banned everywhere else because it is so strong. All of the small kiosks you see in any village sell this in small quantities and it will clean anything (and I mean anything). You can make up whatever concentration you wish for the job at hand with water. However, you will soon reduce the concentration you though appropriate. If you knock up a weak solution in a pan for instance, you can wash you clothes, your bike, your chain and your dirty hands with it. Also the small village kiosks sell individual sachets/ tubes of everything, so you can buy shampoo/ toothpaste etc as you go, by the wash. An hour by the river deals with it all. If you give one of the ladies at the river a few Dirhams they'll even smack your clothes on a rock for 30 minutes, they will never have been so clean! Ride on! Tim
Duct tape! Back in the 90s I used to line the inside of my (of course clincher) MTB tyres with Duct tape (the real thing not cheap rip offs.../see the pun there...lol). The lining was super effective at keeping thorns off the tube, even barely stopped a nail mm before it punctured the tube. I suppose nowadays with modern tyres with the linings of e.g. Schwalbe this is not much of a gain, but....maybe a little bit more protection? (marginal gains in touring?)
Ive had a question for some time I cant seem to find an answer to online. Can I take my Shimano ultegra shifters off my road bike with rim brakes and put them on my new do-it-all cross bike that has tiagra and mech disc brakes? One local shop says no but I'm skeptical. Thoughts?
Dear GCN tech, have you thought about a "tech I would like to see" section? For example I would think that by now we could have a bike computer integrated into the handle bars and stem. Plenty of room for a LED display and would increase the aero without increasing the weight. Also with so much charging required perhaps we could also get induction charging for the all the ANT Bluetooth gizmos. Given that seemingly every bike I see on the road now has a bike computer how about incorporating it into the bike from the get go. I mean would you buy a car without a speedo or sat nav???
This channel has turned to marketing/info-tainment. No tourer in his right mind would ever run this equipment to remote places around the world. 2-3 days, sure. A few weeks plus? Never.
U can run that kind of equipment 2-3 weeks in europe, no problem - done it for 10 years. Just bring spokes, nipples, vavlecores, ducktape, zipties, chainlinks, brakepads, extra gear/brake wire, chainringbolt, regular patchkit, tirebot, etc. When i toured on 25mm veloflex i always brought an extra tyre. When i toured on tubulars i always brought an extra tub, glue, needle etc. Have toured for the past two years on 35mm Compass tubless tyres with a bit more punture and wear protection safer/faster gravelriding. I even bring a cassette lockring tool when i tour on Campagnolo cassettes which i did for 8 years. - last year i broke a spoke 25k from the nearest town on the seadykes of Grande Marie between Agde and Narbone. Tubeless seal was of course broken by a spoke penetrating the rimtape so i had a flat, unseated tyre, a broken rimtape and a wheel with a spoke missing. Didn’t have a lockring tool with me as i rode a Shimano XTR cassette that year :-( but as i stood there i figured that I’ve never brought a chainwip either… Ended up getting dirty when i emptied sealant from my tire as i put in a spare tube (latex with sealent), repaired the rim tape with duct tape so it wouldt tear the tube and straightenedt out the wheel so i thought i would be safe to coninue offroad until i could reach propper tarmac (this is where discbrakes comes in handy - your wheel does not need to dead straight, it just needs to be reasonably even tensioned). - in the next town i found a bike rental shop (on a sunday i france!) where i borrowed a chain wipp and a cassette lockring tool so i could replace the spoke and align the wheel properly… continued rideing that setup on allroad surafces for the remaning 20 days (and 8months later until i finaly found time to remove the latex tube and reseal the tubeless tyre - latex tube was off course imposible to remove in one piece with 8months old sealent between tyre end tube) a few days after i broke the spoke i realised i could just have removed cassette body and axle if needed (DT 180 hubs) and i never needed the lockring tool or the chain wipp - its just about being creative and thinking clearly.
650b is just another name for 27.5". Not really difficult to find. Any tubeless setup is easily converted to tubed in 5 minutes. I wouldn't rely on the sealant alone, but there's a lot that fixes itself and a lot that can be fixed before that's needed.
My Ultegra Di2 6800 is shifting flawlessly. On the small 34T ring it is totally silent. On the big 50T ring there is a very slight noise. It is the same regardless of the rear cog. Nothing is rubbing. Sound is there even after thorough clean and lube. Chain and cassette and rings are not worn. It is a subtle sound that seems to come from the back but I would like the big ring to be as silent as the small one. Is this normal? Is there a fix?
I have the same noise on my bike (same chain ring too). I've checked the front derailleur cage and the B Screw setting/upper jockey clearance. I've narrowed it down to a stretched chain (making contact noise as it meets the cassette), jockey wheels needing a clean (less likely as these are cleaned in situ on a weekly basis), or the chainring being spaced too far out creating too much of an extreme chain line angle. Hope this helps, good luck!
its cheeky as feck but most pumps still have 10-50ml or so in the pipe... simply lower the nozzle onto your cloth and enjoy some free gasoline! the pump monkies will not be impressed though.
Whats your hack to remove the cassette in case a spoke.on the drive side breaks (most common for spoke failure). There are mini tools ( jastein.com/Html/Tools_for_Wheels.htm) butIam afraid they may damage the frame....
I’d use a rohloff hub and a belt drive for sure. Definitely couldn’t be bothered with that level of chain maintenance. But some bike enthusiasts love putting themselves through a lot of hard work rather than just enjoying riding. Because that’s the tradition and therefore we should keep doing that for some reason.
I'm a 14 year old xc mtb racer from california, and im looking to get into road biking. I'm very competent on bikes, but I don't know very much about being a roadie. I want to get into road biking for training and to have fun (maybe get into triathalons later). I have a budget of about $3000 for equipment (i.e. bike, shoes, lycra, kit, etc.). Any suggestions for what type of bike I should get? I'm 5'10-177.8 cm and 135 lbs - 61.235 kilos if that helps Edit: I'm looking for a bike with nice frame because I can upgrade components in the future
I'd save most of your budget, buy something simple (maybe Tiagra or 105) and see if you enjoy road riding first. The number of nice bikes you see second hand with low mileage is crazy, bought to try out the road and then rejected.
I carry a fibre-fix kevlar spoke that can replace any spoke length/position fairly easily and packs super small. You can also get lightweight cassette tools/wrench for touring from likes of Wolftooth Components. They are pricy though. I sometimes compromise with tools... ie. carry the most specialist bit you need and hope to borrow/hack the rest. Like, carry a cassette lockring tool and borrow a wrench off a local to turn it. For chainwhip, just use the chain on the bike.
Vintage Max-icar hubs was desigh for tool less spoke replacement: velo-orange.blogspot.dk/2007/01/maxi-car-hubs.html For modern hubs plenty of hubs allows you to remove axel and body without removing the cassette. DTswiss and Ritchey comes to mind. I think i can even do it on my Campy record hubs.
Are there any maintenance hacks you use when you're bike packing? Let us know!
Dental floss works better than a nylon thread.
Always have a needle and dental floss, cable ties preferably 3 long 2 med so you can cut then to size, spear tube if you running tubes like me (prefer a higher psi than a tubless offers for my wheels currently). Doesn't hurt to have a multi tool of you or even a swiss army knife (saved me loads of times).
get a bike as simple as possible, good luck finding 650b tiers or tubes rim,, or bleed kit or 10-speed parts, derailleur , brake leavers-shifters , in a small town in the middle of nowhere go 26 , v brake, 3x8 speed,
I use a hub gear so all derailleur issues are not for me. I also use runflat tires, never punctured in over 38000km. Sometimes it is helpful to carry duct tape and metal wire when travelling.
Dump tubeless for show-off on a bike parade of in your local bike park with lifts, sag car, ambient bike shops, etc. Use puncture protection liners and take a tire (not tube) patch with you - better take an extra folding tire.
I rode 5500kms across Australia over 21 days as part of the 2018 Indian Pacific Wheel Race and not once did I clean my chain! I did apply a very high quality wax lube every day. I did not have any trouble with my chain or drive train during the entire ride. No other racers that I'm aware of cleaned their chain and I personally would not recommend getting involved with diesel under any circumstances. If your chain worries you on epic rides, just stop at a bike shop half way through your journey and get the chained replaced, quick and easy solution but not necessary.
Really enjoying that you diversified. These bikepacking/gravel/adventure related videos, or other less "pro peloton" centric content is much apreciated! Keep up the good work :)
Arpad Joo Cheers!
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Park makes tire boots that have adhesive on one side to keep them in place. They work nicely!
CAN JOSH STAY IN GCN AND SHARE HIS KNOWLEDGE EVERY WEEK ?!?
He's plain awesome in his utilitarian and no nonsense approach!
Przemysław Babik he probably will, now that mat is gone
In the real world, we turn our bikes upside down.
more bikepacking/touring on GCN in a future! (e.g more of Sean Conway?)
Sean Conway is an ultra distance cyclist. There's a difference between bikepacking and sleeping in ditches on the side of the road for when you need a quick shut eye during a race.
Stay tuned
If the cut in a tire isn't too big you can apply a tube patch to the inside of the tire the way you would for a tube.
make sure you can get the tubeless lock ring unscrewed if you are planning on swapping it out for a tube in the case of a flat. I've seen several that needed pliers. another good reason to carry that little multi-tool.
GCN you need to check out the dynaplug system. I keep one in my saddle bag as I run tubeless tires. A friend turned me on to this. But it looks like a little silver pill and has all you need to plug a tubeless tire and cut the plug end. It’s fast and easy. This is perfect for bikepacking.
Diesel evaporates really poorly, that's why all diesel pistols are usually grimy at all the gas stations. Now if you degrease with petrol - that evaporates very well! Still wouldn't recommend it, unless it's a special occasion like this.
Just carry a spare folding bike in one of those bags. Surely there must be enough space for one of those
i got 4 weeks of bikepacking coming up this summer and as the bike nerd of the family i will have to make sure that we got everything we need with us, so your videos are really helpful! keep it going!
Could you talk about touring with lightweight road/racebike and things to look out doing so?
i cant affort another bike so i have to take what i got and that is an Cannondale CAAD 12.
atleast i got life long warranty on the frame lol
tyvek fedex envelopes are excellent for tire cuts. pre cut into rectangular strips, weighs nothing and near tear proof (try it)
Awesome episode. The bit about the diesel was a good one. The patching of the tubeless looked a lot like patching a car tire.
basically the same thing just smaller for bike applications. Ive seen that kit on mtn bike channels too.
Glad you enjoyed Josh's hacks!
BTW... I noticed those shorts you guys were using in the Morocco episode. They looked quite different than 'normal' lycra shorts but I couldn't see any details on them on that episode. But from the looks of them on this episode, I think they look quite interesting. Any info you could provide would be great!
Randy Arellano I think they’re assos mountain bike shorts/bibs.
Hey Randy, you can find them on ASSOS' website, they were branded with GCN as a one-off
I'm gonna guess they run you about 250 bucks. ASSOS... they're even more ridiculous than Rapha regarding pricing.
Chris just buy some pearl izumi mtb shorts. Or fox.
use a schwalbe marathon plus and you can pretty much forget about everything that has to do with punctures.
Right!
in 3 years riding with the schwalbe marathon plus 28mm i punctured twice i think. quite unlike the continental gatorskins i had. Totally destroyed both front and back with in a week lol
Really ?
I run M+ on my commuter and I flat twice per year.
And I live in Paris where roads a pretty good, although full of trash I 've to say.
Good but not flawless. My experience.
@@SuperDeinVadda In the 7 years i started using gatorskins instead of grand sports i have gotten one flat. And only because i rode through one of those tunnels under a highway in belgium where the drunks drink their stuff. That ended up being a deep and wide slash instead of a puncture. No general punctures now in 7 years. Thank you continental. Best tires in the WORLD.
There is a great lube with a built in cleaner called ATB Lube .Cleans and lubes at the same time. (Absolutely The Best) . There are 3 weights for different purposes and times of year. i use the medium (red) ATB Lube after every ride and wipe it off with a clean rag. and I have never had a chain problem. I have never detected stretch or cassette wear. My chains last 3k-5k miles and they look and perform like they are new. I only replace them just so I can tell my friends, "I just changed my chain.".
You can choose lubs that dont leave residue and help you clean the chain when you reapply.
I've saved a mate a long trip when his tyre split!
I ate a banana & then inserted the skin between the tyre & inner tube , he did a good 20 miles to get home on it!
A banana is a fantastic tool, never leave home without one 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌
Great idea! And fuel for the way home!
Love the Hunt wheelset
Most sealant won't seal anything above 40psi, as most have been designed for mountain bikes. That's fine for some kinds of tires people use for bike-packing but if you're using sealant for pressures over 40psi Orange Endurance Sealant is perfect.
Also in very dry climates sealant can dry to a crust in literally weeks, so always add additional sealant if needed.
That Josh Ibbett's guy has some really great ideas. I think we need another full time GCN presenter.
We learnt some really useful bikepacking tips!
Running tubeless on a touring setup seems like a pretty silly idea to me. Sure punctures are less likely on the whole, but mendability is definitely more of a consideration. I just run clinchers and carry spare tubes. Way easier.
jonthedoors How is it harder to fix if you have a spare tube?
Laurent Parmentier if you're going to carry tubes around why not just run clinchers?
You are still carrying fewer tubes and are less likely to go through the hassle of using them. There is no real downside for the tubeless setup.
Running a light weight tyre on a bike packing trip is more the issue. I think schwalbe now do tubeless in their marathon range. If it is as puncture resistant as their tube version this is a winner.
Laurent Parmentier agreed.
And a question. What about your brakes? I presume you had hydraulic disc brakes there. How do you repair them if the unthinkable happens? Do you carry extra brake oil? #torqueback
thats is why i chose not to get a fully hydrac system when i switch from rim to disc. TRP Hy/RD are pretty good and unlikely to need bleeding.
GCN guys make sure to tell your viewers that you should remove the plastic part of the tire repair kit plug. Just use the plug no excess material. The plastic is slippery and will not hold the plug in place.
Jon I have a question, I proudly purchased my first carbon bike, Fuji Transonic 2.1, and I watched Dan's video on quick realease scewer use. My question is on a carbon frame how much pressure should be used to close scewer without damaging the frame?
Can we get an in depth video on the 3T *AND* things to take with us/what Si has in his bags?
Stay tuned!
I like the spoke key, what make is it?
Sign Josh up!
In Morocco, they have a washing powder for clothes called "Tide" pronounced "Teed" (in both Moroccan and French). This stuff must be banned everywhere else because it is so strong. All of the small kiosks you see in any village sell this in small quantities and it will clean anything (and I mean anything). You can make up whatever concentration you wish for the job at hand with water. However, you will soon reduce the concentration you though appropriate. If you knock up a weak solution in a pan for instance, you can wash you clothes, your bike, your chain and your dirty hands with it. Also the small village kiosks sell individual sachets/ tubes of everything, so you can buy shampoo/ toothpaste etc as you go, by the wash. An hour by the river deals with it all. If you give one of the ladies at the river a few Dirhams they'll even smack your clothes on a rock for 30 minutes, they will never have been so clean! Ride on! Tim
we used to have tide washing powder in the uk but haven't seen it for donkeys years , probably since the 1980's
Tide is made by the American company Procter & Gamble and it's sold worldwide. It's as recognizable as Coca-Cola.
ErebosGR They sure do Mr Informed: mathieuregnier.com/tide-in-morocco-wrong-attitude/
David Culshaw It’s Daz in the UK now. Ride on David! Tim
I don't know why the rock smacking thing made me laugh so much
Maybe you could also carry a folding tyre. i don't think it would be too much unnecessary weight
Duct tape! Back in the 90s I used to line the inside of my (of course clincher) MTB tyres with Duct tape (the real thing not cheap rip offs.../see the pun there...lol). The lining was super effective at keeping thorns off the tube, even barely stopped a nail mm before it punctured the tube. I suppose nowadays with modern tyres with the linings of e.g. Schwalbe this is not much of a gain, but....maybe a little bit more protection? (marginal gains in touring?)
for bikepacking bike, use longer wearing components like 105 instead of duraace
Have you tried Dynaplug for holes?
What bikes did they use during this treap?
Waxed chain for the win
Anyone got a link to that puncture plug thing?
Geek question....... Anyone know who makes the pliers, they look very handy.
leatherman , i believe its called the leatherman micro. comes in very handy !
Simon hamming it up, looks like he is taking over Matt's role as the buffoon.
We miss you matt!!😥
What shorts did you guys use for the trip?
Hey Kevin, you can find them on ASSOS' website, they were branded with GCN as a one-off
Ive had a question for some time I cant seem to find an answer to online. Can I take my Shimano ultegra shifters off my road bike with rim brakes and put them on my new do-it-all cross bike that has tiagra and mech disc brakes? One local shop says no but I'm skeptical. Thoughts?
You could but you would need mechanical, wire pulled, disk brake calipers. I presume that is what you meant by mech disk brakes. It can be done.
Dear GCN tech, have you thought about a "tech I would like to see" section? For example I would think that by now we could have a bike computer integrated into the handle bars and stem. Plenty of room for a LED display and would increase the aero without increasing the weight.
Also with so much charging required perhaps we could also get induction charging for the all the ANT Bluetooth gizmos.
Given that seemingly every bike I see on the road now has a bike computer how about incorporating it into the bike from the get go. I mean would you buy a car without a speedo or sat nav???
That's a good idea for a segment Paul!
HA! Tubeless on a bikepacking/touringbike... hell to the no.
This channel has turned to marketing/info-tainment. No tourer in his right mind would ever run this equipment to remote places around the world. 2-3 days, sure. A few weeks plus? Never.
U can run that kind of equipment 2-3 weeks in europe, no problem - done it for 10 years.
Just bring spokes, nipples, vavlecores, ducktape, zipties, chainlinks, brakepads, extra gear/brake wire, chainringbolt, regular patchkit, tirebot, etc.
When i toured on 25mm veloflex i always brought an extra tyre. When i toured on tubulars i always brought an extra tub, glue, needle etc. Have toured for the past two years on 35mm Compass tubless tyres with a bit more punture and wear protection safer/faster gravelriding.
I even bring a cassette lockring tool when i tour on Campagnolo cassettes which i did for 8 years.
- last year i broke a spoke 25k from the nearest town on the seadykes of Grande Marie between Agde and Narbone. Tubeless seal was of course broken by a spoke penetrating the rimtape so i had a flat, unseated tyre, a broken rimtape and a wheel with a spoke missing. Didn’t have a lockring tool with me as i rode a Shimano XTR cassette that year :-( but as i stood there i figured that I’ve never brought a chainwip either…
Ended up getting dirty when i emptied sealant from my tire as i put in a spare tube (latex with sealent), repaired the rim tape with duct tape so it wouldt tear the tube and straightenedt out the wheel so i thought i would be safe to coninue offroad until i could reach propper tarmac (this is where discbrakes comes in handy - your wheel does not need to dead straight, it just needs to be reasonably even tensioned).
- in the next town i found a bike rental shop (on a sunday i france!) where i borrowed a chain wipp and a cassette lockring tool so i could replace the spoke and align the wheel properly… continued rideing that setup on allroad surafces for the remaning 20 days (and 8months later until i finaly found time to remove the latex tube and reseal the tubeless tyre - latex tube was off course imposible to remove in one piece with 8months old sealent between tyre end tube)
a few days after i broke the spoke i realised i could just have removed cassette body and axle if needed (DT 180 hubs) and i never needed the lockring tool or the chain wipp - its just about being creative and thinking clearly.
You run a blog Morten? If not you should. /s
650b is standard size for xc tyres, not that hard to find
650b is just another name for 27.5". Not really difficult to find. Any tubeless setup is easily converted to tubed in 5 minutes. I wouldn't rely on the sealant alone, but there's a lot that fixes itself and a lot that can be fixed before that's needed.
My Ultegra Di2 6800 is shifting flawlessly. On the small 34T ring it is totally silent. On the big 50T ring there is a very slight noise. It is the same regardless of the rear cog. Nothing is rubbing. Sound is there even after thorough clean and lube. Chain and cassette and rings are not worn. It is a subtle sound that seems to come from the back but I would like the big ring to be as silent as the small one. Is this normal? Is there a fix?
I have the same noise on my bike (same chain ring too). I've checked the front derailleur cage and the B Screw setting/upper jockey clearance. I've narrowed it down to a stretched chain (making contact noise as it meets the cassette), jockey wheels needing a clean (less likely as these are cleaned in situ on a weekly basis), or the chainring being spaced too far out creating too much of an extreme chain line angle. Hope this helps, good luck!
It has been bugging me for awhile. What is the size of the saddlebag do you think it is? 10L?
He said 15L.
Not from this video (3 days ago) and not before this video ua-cam.com/video/wqgzoySu82s/v-deo.html where "Si" says 15L on the topeak backloader.
So you go to a petrol station and ask them if you can squirt petrol onto a small rag, in Spanish (minimum purchase 2 litres). Any tips for this?
Just shake the nozzle and some will come out.
its cheeky as feck but most pumps still have 10-50ml or so in the pipe... simply lower the nozzle onto your cloth and enjoy some free gasoline! the pump monkies will not be impressed though.
Whats your hack to remove the cassette in case a spoke.on the drive side breaks (most common for spoke failure). There are mini tools ( jastein.com/Html/Tools_for_Wheels.htm) butIam afraid they may damage the frame....
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Dental floss is the strongest tread I've ever used get some of that.
8speed chain is strong and cheap so I stopped cleaning that.
I’d use a rohloff hub and a belt drive for sure. Definitely couldn’t be bothered with that level of chain maintenance. But some bike enthusiasts love putting themselves through a lot of hard work rather than just enjoying riding. Because that’s the tradition and therefore we should keep doing that for some reason.
Yes!!
My Shand Stoater is superb for Bike Packing, although 40mm tyres are the largest I can fit.
How about buying a new tire?
So cutting edge tech, "back to sew ups" HaHaHa LOL
I'm a 14 year old xc mtb racer from california, and im looking to get into road biking. I'm very competent on bikes, but I don't know very much about being a roadie. I want to get into road biking for training and to have fun (maybe get into triathalons later). I have a budget of about $3000 for equipment (i.e. bike, shoes, lycra, kit, etc.). Any suggestions for what type of bike I should get? I'm 5'10-177.8 cm and 135 lbs - 61.235 kilos if that helps
Edit: I'm looking for a bike with nice frame because I can upgrade components in the future
I'd save most of your budget, buy something simple (maybe Tiagra or 105) and see if you enjoy road riding first. The number of nice bikes you see second hand with low mileage is crazy, bought to try out the road and then rejected.
#gcntech what if your spoke breaks on the back wheel where the gears are?
Ivar Brouwer there'd only be a problem if you have caliper brakes. Or if the spoke got tangled.
Alexander Sallons, thnx! I’m still using my cantilever crossbike for these kind of trips... not ideal in terms of breaking but otherwise it’s great!
Ivar Brouwer make sure you are using straight pull spokes! Otherwise you need a chain whip...
I carry a fibre-fix kevlar spoke that can replace any spoke length/position fairly easily and packs super small.
You can also get lightweight cassette tools/wrench for touring from likes of Wolftooth Components. They are pricy though. I sometimes compromise with tools... ie. carry the most specialist bit you need and hope to borrow/hack the rest. Like, carry a cassette lockring tool and borrow a wrench off a local to turn it. For chainwhip, just use the chain on the bike.
Vintage Max-icar hubs was desigh for tool less spoke replacement: velo-orange.blogspot.dk/2007/01/maxi-car-hubs.html For modern hubs plenty of hubs allows you to remove axel and body without removing the cassette. DTswiss and Ritchey comes to mind. I think i can even do it on my Campy record hubs.
Even easier carry a spare tire
Hope thats not a Giro T shirt Si for cleaning the chain.
No GCN Giro T-shirts were damaged for the making of this video
2:45 Spare nipples? Wish I've had some of those when I nursed my twins.
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Why was he losing his marbles over the upside down bike? I mean, I know he was joking, but is this actually a thing for some people?
I've always got a spare nipple with me
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Degreasing with diesel... complete nonsense! 😂