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I thought Marathon+ were puncture-proof!
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Posted 9 years ago #
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thanks for clarifying, gembo
perhaps beano can come back in after his investigation
i reckon his pinch flat is near the valve...
anyway i've been in berlin all week, its a siberian minus five, so its time for mehr glühwein
Posted 9 years ago # -
I was indeed just riffing off gembo's advice, although I was playing for teh lulz, not laffs. Get hep with the young cats, daddio.
Posted 9 years ago # -
alles gut, alles klaar
Posted 9 years ago # -
Teh lulz
Is that German for the lols?
Posted 9 years ago # -
Of course there's dustcaps and there's dustcaps -
Posted 9 years ago # -
On tattie day in Balerno a couple of years back I did col du Climpy route with Kaputnik and druidh. I must have had a virus as they were having to wait for me. Anyway at the end of the ride druidh indicated that his yellow dustcaps would match kaputnik's yellow bar tape and kaputnik's blue dustcaps would match druidh.'s blue tape. So they swapped
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No gembo, it's Yoof for the lols.
Anyway, a pair of Marathon not-Plus 28mm are winging their way to me now, for to be shod onto Mileomnomnometer, since I suspect I will find my impending Roslin address tiresome on Wee Blue Floofy.
Posted 9 years ago # -
"Roslin address"
Is that Harrison Park South?
Mind the horses -
At least you won't get lost -
Posted 9 years ago # -
Ah Uberuce you are moving to the UFO spotting capital of Midlothian. Nice. Also the cafe at the chapel is FAB and good pub and cake shop so we we have CCE outing to vist imminently, well once you move in, innit. (London yoof speak circa 1985)
May well be out that way tomorrow on loop of pentlands taking in thie newish roadside cafe down by dolphinton.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Schwalbe and Marathon+ I take it all back...alas, not a puncture through your tyre but an inadequate fit to the rim by yours truly.
Indeed the cause was a pinch puncture near the valve; probably due to me screwing the silver thing down although I noticed it pinched AGAIN on the re-fit post puncture. Left the silver thingy off completely now.
Hopefully all sorted now. Take a bow IWRATS and all above who got it right! :-)
These forums are great for the novice...I'll be extra careful on my next P**** ;-)
Posted 9 years ago # -
@beano, I bought some tyres from wiggle once, probably Gatorskins. There was a deal with inner tubes but when they came they were tiny. Probably 18-23. I pinched them both putting them on. Gave up on wiggle after that.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Inflate - deflate - inflate?
Do you mean, you put the tyre back on, inflate the tube, then deflate the tube and re-inflate and you're good to go?
Or something else?Posted 9 years ago # -
Inflate-a-bit when fitting the tyre to the rim to keep the tube away from the rim-bead area (including not attaching the tube valve ring thing yet to be able to push that bit of the tube well clear of the bead) then inflate-a-bit-more to stretch the tyre a little just before attempting to get the last bit of it on, perhaps with a little more (though not total) deflation, then a partial inflation and another squidge all round the tyre to get it to seat properly, then leaving it for a bit at 50-60psi to check for the absence of installation errors (including pinch-punctures) before eventual full-inflation.
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"a pair of Marathon not-Plus 28mm are winging their way to me now"
Excellent choice, Sir Uce of the Vale of Uber. I find this particular variety most hard wearing and efficacious on the Dawes Audax semi-speedy bike.
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