Just came back from that. As I warmed up, I delayered.
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Yeah make the waddling fatties have to walk 20 extra steps...so how long did someone idle behind you before they honked or knocked on your window?
I hope there was someone else involved with you ‘eating lunch’, as you call it.
The girls were in the hatch.
We were in the hatch. Just sitting/standing there. Honking, "are you leaving?", "How long are you going to be?", Etc.
I just cracked the Cush core tire butt plug. Magic Mary SG is a tough biatch.
I feel like I was given a false sense of victory by how easy the cushcore/contis were to install given all I read/heard.
I'm assuming first tire removal attempt will more than make up for it.
Because you can't sit inside anymore and they needed lunch? Not a hard concept.But.....why?
"Get in the car kids! Lunch and people watching in the Costco lot...if we leave now we'll get a prime spot!"
wait, you guys are spending $150 for a set of tire inserts 
Glad I don't flat more than once a year and still run tubes so no worries about dinging an aluminum rim
Glad I don't flat more than once a year and still run tubes so no worries about dinging an aluminum rim
I *still* find the whole thing comical. I ran tubes up until 3-4 years ago, and part of me wishes i still did.wait, you guys are spending $150 for a set of tire inserts
Glad I don't flat more than once a year and still run tubes so no worries about dinging an aluminum rim
First it started as tubeless is lighter and you can run lower pressures. But at 240lbs (insert JK remark here) I couldn't run any lower pressures anyway or I'd be hitting rims constantly. Now there's rim inserts to compensate for the rim smashingness. So between sealant and inserts, you're now heavier than tubes, and when you do flat, it's infinitely more of a PITA to fix. Granted that does happen much less frequently.
Bottom like, all options suck.
We weigh about the same bro
Things aren't made for our size. Even "light" me is 225#. Low tire pressure where I'm not concerned about rims is 32ish, which is still high. On a 29" wheel with 1.5-ply front, 2-ply rear, and heavy enduro rims, that shit is heavy. The idea of through another how much from inserts and it starts to get ridiculous. My bike is already hard enough to ride uphill; I don't need assistance making it harder.
Add that the wheelbase for modern geometry on an xl enduro bike is longer than my Yeti DH bikes', which were the longest bikes available from ~'98-'08, it's rough climbing.
I'm giving this one to @CrabJoe StretchPants. There terrain in his area is a lot rockier than Bay Area. Even with rocky areas of the Bay Area, they tend to be rounded. NE is sharp and tire shredding.We have...erm.... different riding styles
Also he rides like a 35 y/o idiot who hucks to flat.
It could be one or both of those reasons.
I ride around 35psi too and all my lighter friends think I'm crazy, but you have to otherwise you're fucking up rims constantly.
The only reason I went with inserts on the new bike is the carbon rims and is going to be run with lower pressures and on rougher/faster trails. I would never run them on a true all mountain/trail bike.
The only reason I went with inserts on the new bike is the carbon rims and is going to be run with lower pressures and on rougher/faster trails. I would never run them on a true all mountain/trail bike.
30 psi for me. I do tend to ride rocky shit And eat shit in the rocks too
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Actually, no inserts here. The SG MM is impossible to seat without a tube in, and installing the tire with a tube is .. challenging. Last time I broke 4 tire levers doing so, this butt dildo has fared much better so far but I'll likely break it soon, too.
Older 26" Lyriks can be found as 1 1/8 for cheap.
I bought a Lyrik when it first came out. Had to warranty the first one due to bad bushings. Then I had to warranty the second due to a creaking CSU. Then I had to warranty the third due to a creaking CSU. Then I sold the 4th. That fork spent more time at Rock Shox than on my bike.
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Not sure if you are asking me but that's what I do (Super Gravity / VertStar is close enough); and getting these tires mounted tubeless on my crabon rims is a major FPITA.
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Tim you should try to find a 66rc that isn't beat to shit. There can't be many, but they must pop up on occasion, and likely cheap.
Yea the sites a mess on mobile, and it doesn't seem like you can actually order anything. You have to call and talk to the guy (kinda like a certain hub manufacturer) but from what I've heard the guy has a pretty extensive collection/inventory.
DD maxxis with reasonable psi survive here.
E13 tires on sale. These were good & burly as I recall.
Good for your rear!
E13 tires on sale. These were good & burly as I recall.
Good for your rear!
You know you are in Trump Country...
Wrong we all know they can't count to zero
And there's no pictograms