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It took 4 goes to get them to stay up, lots of rotating the wheels to get the sealant in all the places needed.
Most of my TL issues are on the same wheelset, do think it's those Hope rims.
It'd probably be cheaper to get a light rim brake bike but what about the somewhat illogical thing of getting some lighter wheels for this, something ~40mm deep with a more modern internal width (than the Hopes) from LB or similar.
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It'd probably be cheaper
I dunno these things have a way of spiralling!
But yes, I am thinking putting the money and effort into the faran instead - would solve the problem of storage. Theres the LB group buy so may a pair of these https://www.lightbicycle.com/700C-road-bicycle-rims-32mm-wide-38mm-deep-symmetric-clincher-road-disc-brake-available.html
The appeal of something else is i've never had a proper road bike so I'm curious
stelfox
Post north London dirt (I’ll post about that later) have put the 700 wheelset on ahead of ride London. Feels a lot different. Maybe horizons aren’t a good tyre to compare to but they (the horizons) felt like they resisted leaning/ turning, they resisted roll and were much more stable. These feel more fun, feel quicker. They’re the narrowest tyre (rampart 32s measure up more like 30) I’ve been on in 5+ years, and the slickest.
It took 4 goes to get them to stay up, lots of rotating the wheels to get the sealant in all the places needed.
I also am gonna get a new stem - these cnc type stems are too bulky round the steerer clamp for 1 1/8 head tubes, it looks like a bloated bulbous fist holding the top of the steerer. Ritchey c220 is on the way.
I’ve been thinking a lot about getting something light for summer. Rim brakes, alloy, narrow wheelbase. I have a distant faint memory of Jobs or someone at Apple saying the Mac is heavy so the iPad can be light, the Faran is ‘heavy*’ - it’s does everything - so the other bike can be light and just brap around on a nice day when I have a few hours to get out.
*I mean it’s all steel but it’s not that heavy, and I bought it over a midnight special in part becuase of how slender the top tube looks, ‘the appearance of lightness’ was almost what I named this thread.