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Gower & John D - get a room you two...
Ahh - isnt the 'making up' the best part?
Ahh - isnt the 'making up' the best part?
Much better than online cage fighting. Making up is cool.Gower & John D - get a room you two...
Ahh - isnt the 'making up' the best part?
Much better than online cage fighting. Making up is cool.
I was prepared to give the Crossmark a go on the front of the Anthem, I thought the additional contact patch would give the tyre a new feel for me - unfortunately not.Im still a fan of crossmarks the 60tpi ones. Slightly thicker sidewall than the exceptions and great on the 29er.
Very good point. I'd love to just have a one-size-fits-all solution that doesn't come off, unless it craps out real bad - and then at which point I probably won't be riding anyway.I guess it depends on if you are also prepared to change tires depending on courses/conditions etc
Given the price of RR's and lost Stans everytime you swap over, it quickly becomes much more economical to run two sets of wheels. 2nd hand cheapo wheelsets are easy to find and convert to ghetto tubeless. It also means you kill your disks less, your cassette wears less, and you can run proper wheels for training / hucking about, and some more 'slender' options for a race.I guess it depends on if you are also prepared to change tires depending on courses/conditions etc and with all the mess/time and risk that I won't reuse the old tire again, I now prefer to run a compromise tire.
I guess that's what makes them the perfect compromise tyre for me.p.s. I dont see Crossmark as either a race tyre or training tyre - its neither one nor the other.
I saw air compressors at supercheap for $99 this week in their catalogue. Included short air line and tire inflater as well as other bits you mightnt use. If your going to use one of these for inflating tubeless buy an extra female coupler, remove the plug from the end of the air tank and thread it in there. You do this because the regulator wont flow air fast enough to get some beads to seat.I am the constant tyre fiddler. i cant help it. Always have and always will. i love rubber and have an amazing collection of 29er tyres. Thing is l try something then decide to try something else and the tyre that is removed sits in my under cover but open garage slowly warping/ disintegrating till l want to try it again and l cant get it to seal and spend 30 bucks on CO2 cartridges. So l know l need a air compressor at home. I need to buy one of those beautifully crafted air guns from Koil (cant remember brand). I need to keep my tyres in a dark place and l need to stop changing my tyres and accept that there is a compromise due to weather and terrain. A summer set and a winter set.
Sounds like my AA meeting - yes l am an addict.
I have had some success with running two wheel sets. Just need to be aware that depending on usage they will wear at different rates and need rotation - often.
I use one of my bikes for commuting everyday then off road on weekends - talk about compromises - but isn't that SSing to a T.
Cheers
JD
Not quite in the same league, but getting there...I am the constant tyre fiddler. i cant help it. Always have and always will. i love rubber and have an amazing collection of 29er tyres.
Im using these strips with Bontrager Duster rims. They are the goods. So much better than using Stans strips on my 26er.Anyone else tried these?
I've just used these to tubeless my blunts and very impressed
Aired up a mountain king 2.2 and ardent 2.4 both with floor pump with no fuss- started to inflate immediately from 1st stoke of the pump
They are a plastic strip that snaps on the rim you also need a valve use a stans one because it has a removable core.
They fit the blunts perfectly and are in symmetrical or non symmetrical( don't know what the non look like)
Not sure how they would go on other rims but very impressed with their performance on these ones.
oh and only $17 ea locally
The Bontrager strips fit the Blunts perfectly and you'll find that even the Velocity guys recommend using them in Blunt rims. There has been plenty of discussion about the tubeless options for the Blunt over on the MTBR 29er boards...Anyone else tried these?
I've just used these to tubeless my blunts and very impressed
Aired up a mountain king 2.2 and ardent 2.4 both with floor pump with no fuss- started to inflate immediately from 1st stoke of the pump
They are a plastic strip that snaps on the rim you also need a valve use a stans one because it has a removable core.
They fit the blunts perfectly and are in symmetrical or non symmetrical( don't know what the non look like)
Not sure how they would go on other rims but very impressed with their performance on these ones.
oh and only $17 ea locally
S-Works Renegades are lighter & cheaper and I'm not having any trouble with the sidewalls. Not to mention the fact that they're a true tubeless tyre.Given there weight I would still be ahead of other competing 29er tyres......only time will tell.
What sizing are you running bodin?S-Works Renegades are lighter & cheaper and I'm not having any trouble with the sidewalls. Not to mention the fact that they're a true tubeless tyre.
The trouble is finding them in the first place. I was lucky to order mine when I did.