[narlus]

fixing flats. :mumble: :redhot:

TWO flats on the ride home today, in the span of less than 7 miles. wtf??? one was a piece of gravel near a railroad crossing (front tire), the other a similar piece of stuff i never even saw on fresh road in progress (ie, grooved road to new tar, w/ the attendent detritus all around); i hit it w/ both front and rear wheels and flatted the rear. my mtb pump could only get my tires up to ~25-30#, so it was gingerly ride home the rest of the way.

argh.

 

[Toshi]

i thought it was going to be trackstanding. i love doing that at intersections just 'cause.

 

[narlus]

no rear wheel hops?

 

[Toshi]

the brake position is the biggest impediment to those on the road bike. i can't kick into them but have to do the ghetto-rock. yes, i've tried.

 

[SirChomps-a-Lot]

I've seen rear wheel hops on a bone stock road bike. You guys just don't have the skill.

 

[narlus]

tell me something else about myself.

 

[reflux]

i thought it was going to be trackstanding. i love doing that at intersections just 'cause.

I have to admit though, I trackstand clipped out in fear of losing it. Few things look more pimp than trackstanding at an intersection. Werd.

 

[laura]

why do you get so many flats? I'm never going to get a real road bike with real road tires if this is what I have to look forward to.

 

[narlus]

well the opinions seem to be split between too low of a tire pressure, incorrect tire selection, or simple hamfisted steering.

fixing #1 is the easiest, so that's what i'll try first.

 

[Mackie]

well the opinions seem to be split between too low of a tire pressure, incorrect tire selection, or simple hamfisted steering.

fixing #1 is the easiest, so that's what i'll try first.

It's time to buck up Narlus.
I'm 220 pounds dressed to ride, and I ride these in 28's.
http://www.universalcycles.com/shopping/product_details.php?id=10344&category=593
1 flat total this summer, and that was from glass.
My daily ride includes 2 to 5 miles of this:

 

[rooftest]

why do you get so many flats? I'm never going to get a real road bike with real road tires if this is what I have to look forward to.

I weigh 175 and ride Vittora 23's at 140 psi. I haven't got a flat yet in 1700 miles, and I run over glass and pebbles pretty often.

 

[bluebug32]

today I realized that my one transferrable mtb skill is bunny hopping! Right over the potholes and railroad tracks

 

[narlus]

looks like the extra air pressure solved it, or i just got better at steering around small rocks. no flats in ~200 miles of riding.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

- Bunny hopping - learned on road, carried to MTB
- Track stand - ditto
- Repairing flats - ditto
- Two wheel skids without yard sale - MTB to road
- Ride in all conditions - road to MTB
- etc...

 

[splat]

- Two wheel skids without yard sale - MTB to road

Seeing a yard sale on the side of the road would make you do a 2 wheel Skid ?

 

[I Are Baboon]

Seeing a yard sale on the side of the road would make you do a 2 wheel Skid ?

I think he's talking about taking his road bike down Yard Sale at Mt Snow without braking.

 

[McGRP01]

I think he's talking about taking his road bike down Yard Sale at Mt Snow without braking.

I'd pay to see that.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I'd pay to see that.

So come on the MTB gap ride. We're cutting down the mileage.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I think he's talking about taking his road bike down Yard Sale at Mt Snow without braking.

I think he's talking about deciding rather late that he shouldn't blow through an intersection, grabbing two handfuls of brake and slithering up to and over the stop line...

Did take a road bike down Snake Mountain in 1975, but I used the brakes.

Anybody up for a road bike on singletrack challenge?

 

[Rip]

I'd go brakeless...

But then, I don't have brakes.