SC.net BIKE thread

<A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/amazed.gif"></A> thats pretty good. I'm so slow at repairing punctures. Thankfully never had one on my racebikes. Don't even carry tools with me anymore <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/tongue.gif"></A> *knocks on wood*

 

i always carry a tube that can hold air (whether new or repaired at home) and i can get the tires off pretty quickly without needing levers, so I'm really just doing a swap as fast as I can. trying to get 50 psi with a hand pump is the most time consuming part.

 

you should! i guess over here though our rides are different and you can easily be caught miles from a store or anything. and we don't have endless perfectly paved cycle path, more like paved and heavily cracked labourer highways. and if you're not riding over broken bottles people are throwing bottles at you.
anyways i digress, i've switched from 23mm to 28mm conti gatorskins in the past year and don't think i'd go back to anything else, just for the fact that i've gone without a puncture since. albeit i dont believe changing the tyre is the best fix, or that that green goo stuff actually is worth having. maintaining good pressure, proper installation and clean dirt/burr free rims are probably more important!
I like to have a tube and patch kit in a tiny saddle bag (and of course a high pressure pompe as well).

 

I ran cheapo 28mm maxxis detonator tyres on my 29er for a while with no punctures. Riding on some dodgy back roads too. It's got 2.1" PHAT KENTS back on now tho <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/smile.gif"></A>
Thinking about getting a roady for my road riding but so many $$$ after just buying my mtb :/

 

i dunno snakebite puncture from a paved road pothole or road littered with smeshed up abo liquor bottles while riding your pushy is more likely than from a dirt road or bogan's knife m8.

 

the roads i ride on arent too bad, but they do have litter/debris like crazy. ive seen bike chains, bottles, chunks of asphalt, sockets, railroad ties, a screen door (!!). if i get a puncture, its generally a proper piercing from something big and sharp. i never gave much though to my tires or tubes, but maybe i should. i still ride michelin country rocks with no extra protection for the tubes. totally on the cheap.

 

drove through a smashed up pc yesterday, while i was riding in a ghetto part of town <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/sad.gif"></A>
I also ride on offroad paths.

 

just 'won' this shirt
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320880055162?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

hope it isn't shitty quality and I figure out a good way to determine my size..

 

I got cheapo knock off like this, received a few days ago. Seems okay. I got Large and I'm normally a Medium, fits well.

 

i went to the bike store in my city. weve got a bunch, but this is the only one worth visiting. Anyway i was amazed to see that theyve recently became an official bianchi dealership. sooooo i got myself a birfday present <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/grin.gif"></A>
they had a fantastic celeste bianchi milano outfit as well, but im having a hard time justifying spending another 180 euro..

 

i went to a shop in mechelen and the guy was amazed at my surly.
forgot the name of it tho

 

oh a lycra suit
model it?

 

pretty cool

http://turbo.specialized.com/

 

lol cant get all that celeste stuff out of my head <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/tongue.gif"></A> will probably drop by this weekend to fit that classic outfit.
if i had more cash id probably end up with a new bianchi. im sucker for those bikes..

 

lol cant get all that celeste stuff out of my head <A BORDER="0" HREF="http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?displayFAQ=y"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="pitlane/emoticons/tongue.gif"></A> will probably drop by this weekend to fit that classic outfit.
if i had more cash id probably end up with a new bianchi. im sucker for those bikes..

 

an electric motor? um lol, no thanks.

 

needs more of a vintage look and speaker so you can bvvvvvvvvvv around like vespa with long skinny cigarette