Hi all !

[latefordinner]

Hi all ! Just got new rail 7 , 4 rides and all scratched after endo crash I'm gutted ! how long did it take u guys to get 1st damage, hope this somehow makes me feel better ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Last year .. 2nd ride on e8000 bike ... fast otb .. fractured pelvis and good concussion, lots of the drippy red stuff. I think my body protected the bike through the tumbles ...

I don't know if that better or worse than scratching the bike.

At least when it's scratched, you worry less about it and just ride !

 

[latefordinner]

Last year .. 2nd ride on e8000 bike ... fast otb .. fractured pelvis and good concussion, lots of the drippy red stuff. I think my body protected the bike through the tumbles ...

I don't know if that better or worse than scratching the bike.

At least when it's scratched, you worry less about it and just ride !

Noooooo ! U fully recovered? Yes keep telling myself, it will happen sometime but so gutted its staying in the garage today and I'm in the chair .

 

[Zimmerframe]

Noooooo ! U fully recovered?

I think I have a lot of long lasting mental damage .. Physically, yes, thankfully .. though it did drag on for a long time and I go though a phase of wondering if that was it, would I be hobbling around like a 90 year old and just feeling broken for the rest of my life. Uhmmm .. maybe it would be better for the bike to get scratched !

Is it a touch up paint job ?? or the beginning of a duct tape rat bike ?

 

[latefordinner]

sorry for late reply !
touched up now ! did not want to look at it , but not so bad now, once i put the situation in perspective with all going on. took it out then got another puncture , thats 3 now in 5 rides

 

[Zimmerframe]

A mate with a new Rail 7 got a puncture yesterday, wonder if the bontagers are a bit lacking in puncture resistance. Have you swapped it to tubeless ? ...

Or there's all the threads on tyre armour for using with tubes.

 

[latefordinner]

A mate with a new Rail 7 got a puncture yesterday, wonder if the bontagers are a bit lacking in puncture resistance. Have you swapped it to tubeless ? ...

Or there's all the threads on tyre armour for using with tubes.

Poss tyre prob . But changed to tubeless last night , gonna go for trial in bit . Wondering what pressure to use ?

 

[Zimmerframe]

Check the pressure again before you go out, when you first swap there's sometimes some air seepage for the first ride - and very often overnight if you've not been for a quick spin after you made the change. I'd also go a few psi more than you normally would for the first short ride, again, in case there's any initial loss - you can always take some out after a while if you go for a longer ride.

Each tyre and each persons preference for what terrain they're riding and the riders weight will influence what your pressure should be/could be. There's quite a tendency to run as low as possible in the belief it will give you better performance, but it's not necessarily the case. For me, I've spent the last 6 months slowly trying higher pressures until I reached a point where it felt like the front was washing out too much (for me- with my crap technique), so dropped back down a couple of PSI and found my sweet spot.

An old pinkbike post, but informative ..

Tech Tuesday - Find Your Tire Pressure Sweet Spot - Pinkbike