Oh it’s definitely a pain , I used a kitchen counter just because it held the wheel at a workable height that I could use the most force on , just think of the calories you’ll burn getting it on ??
there is a very specific technique for getting the tyres over the cushsore ive taken mine on and off maybe 7 times last week and my hands are in bits now but i can reccomend a tip, when you get one side of the tyre bead on, go around that one side and push it as far under teh cushcore as...
yes !! hopefully we can be more selective in future purchases as opposed to "needs" especially with the improvement in the weather hopefully , here in the uk anyway, i have the basics now lets enjoy the trails in shorts t's and dry feet lol
right ? hahaha ive never spent so much on a hobby, spent loads on tools like chain brakes and link pliars etc lol still worth it for the grins eh
bloke above used a brilliant term - midlifeupgrade ;-)
OH im totally not on that level either haha my aim was to avoid punctures that i keep having lol and a side effect from that was having a few tyres of varying compounds to hand and shocked whilst holding two tyres of the same tread and " general description " could be so different in weight ...
minions are awesome , randomly i weight two varients the other day i have a dhr 2 exo and a dhf 3c max grip and the exo was 800g the dhf was over a 1000 , and the biggest difference of all was the bead thickness, on the dhr it was massive! ;-)
i bought a pair of nukeproof ARD rim protection foam inserts , took a bit of fitting but should allow me to run at lower pressures whilst not smashing my rims to bits on rock gardens which are at the start and end of all my local rides and already caused a dented rim
also while it was off i...
actually took monday off work for a mates birthday this week and we rode cwmcarn for the first time and in the sunshine, rode the twrch trail ? amazing !!!! from airstream onwards its smiles for miles and to be fair even the technical climbs had me smiling, panting but smiling, my new fav place...
Hi Gary thanks for that tbh after this, it is something I have given thought too , it is definitely something I would consider , plus it’s good to try do as much as possible yourself right ? Ps watched one or two of your videos on insta , wow ! Your trail Speed blew me away ?????