tasty.dirt74
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So reminiscing tonight about tyres and how they have evolved over the last 10-15 years.( should this be in vets thread?)
Every Sunday there would be a ride with locals , but mostly customers of a lbs I was friends with the mechanic of. Almost without fail, there were a number of stops initiated by someone getting a flat. 10 mins here and there added a hour sometimes to the ride time..
So as a result , trying to prevent punctures resulted in ridiculous psi being run. 34 and you were risking a flat sometimes.. 40 was not unheard of..
So then came this tubeless business... I was lucky enough to get a bike which had crossmax wheelset back in about 06(?). The first time I tried to take a tyre off resulted in much sweating.. lucky I used to b a tyrefitter by trade so has a bit of a advantage.. but I understand what seating beads and the ust concept was all about..
This all brings me to today. Yesterday actually as I am slow to write this sort of stuff down..
The tyre pressure I was on today was 12 front and 16 rear.
Now this is not a plus bike or a fatbike.. run of the mill 29er if you please.
30 mm internal rims. No special anti-puncture preventatives installed. Tyres are Bontrager 2.2 Xr1 rear and massive minion dhf 2.5WT. FYI..
This pressure was almost by accident as it was the tyre press test to verify pressure was used.. now honestly it was too low, but whilst the terrain was wet, I could see definite advantages to this LOW pressures being useful . Now to look at one of those tyre inserts for rim and flat damage prevention I guess ?
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Every Sunday there would be a ride with locals , but mostly customers of a lbs I was friends with the mechanic of. Almost without fail, there were a number of stops initiated by someone getting a flat. 10 mins here and there added a hour sometimes to the ride time..
So as a result , trying to prevent punctures resulted in ridiculous psi being run. 34 and you were risking a flat sometimes.. 40 was not unheard of..
So then came this tubeless business... I was lucky enough to get a bike which had crossmax wheelset back in about 06(?). The first time I tried to take a tyre off resulted in much sweating.. lucky I used to b a tyrefitter by trade so has a bit of a advantage.. but I understand what seating beads and the ust concept was all about..
This all brings me to today. Yesterday actually as I am slow to write this sort of stuff down..
The tyre pressure I was on today was 12 front and 16 rear.
Now this is not a plus bike or a fatbike.. run of the mill 29er if you please.
30 mm internal rims. No special anti-puncture preventatives installed. Tyres are Bontrager 2.2 Xr1 rear and massive minion dhf 2.5WT. FYI..
This pressure was almost by accident as it was the tyre press test to verify pressure was used.. now honestly it was too low, but whilst the terrain was wet, I could see definite advantages to this LOW pressures being useful . Now to look at one of those tyre inserts for rim and flat damage prevention I guess ?
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