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Heathen!

I’ll have to see how it goes. I’ve got the 44t on the way now to make 63GI. Might only be on for a couple of weeks, but I’d rather that than be walking up the hills. Sounds like I should manage the bigger chainring soon enough tho. Although I reckon if you’re talking about an audax season, you’ve probably got a fair few more miles in your legs than I do!

More fun on the sinner side

Whip skidz > freewheeling.

get a freewheel…

Burn the witch!

I've recently bought a couple of pairs of Cero wheels, which are really well reviewed and have been recommended on here. But both pairs have a problem - when I fit the tyres and tubes, they are 'bumpy', that is there are a couple of sections where the top of the tyre is higher (or lower). If you spin them they have a kind of wavy profile from the side and it's enough to be really noticeable if you ride them. I've tried every combination of new tyres, old tyres, new tubes, old tubes (which fit fine on other wheels) and it's the same. My only guess is that they are tubeless ready and have a sort of plastic rim tape already fitted which is not playing nicely with regular tyres (GP 4000s and 5000s). Anyone got any ideas or similar experiences? Thanks.

Are the tyres seated properly? I've got a pair of Vittorias which are an absolute bastard to seat on my DT Swiss rims. Sounds similar to what you're describing when not seated properly. Have to pump them up to a stupid PSI until you hear them pop in to place, then you can deflate to your desired pressure.

Sounds very much like they're not seated, bit of soapy water around the rim (ooh) and pump it until it pops (further ooh).

I have looked at that and I think you might be right, not a problem I've ever encountered before in nearly 70 years of fitting tyres. I'll give it a go, cheers both.

Success! 120psi for the win. Weird that I've never had that problem before. Thanks!

It's much more of a thing with tubeless compatible rims as there's a little retaining shelf for the (usually tighter with tubeless tyres) bead to sit on, so that if the tyre deflates it stays in place and you can just pump it back up, it does mean they can be harder to get in the right place to begin with though. Some guy keeps bringing me a carbon rim that refuses every tyre unless you give it way too many PSI, I think I'm going to have to retape it this time though, does not want to seat.

I only experienced it for the first time recently as well! I put it down to what Mr Otter said about tubeless rims combined with an extremely tough, tyre lever snapping bead on those particular tyres.

Edit: apologies, I forgot about your dislike for tags!

Edit edit: unfortunately those tyres need pumping up to a silly pressure every time they go flat. Makes them a nightmare in a puncture situation with a hand pump.

That's good news. I suppose you could ride home with the big dipper feel in an emergency.

They definitely seated better the second time after being sat on the rim for a while but still not great.

Edit: shit, I replied again. My bad!

I can overlook it when someone is doing me a favor. But don't make me speak to your parole officer.

I have a mirror image problem, a pair of Schwable tubeless tyres that won’t seat evenly on any rim using tubes?

The tubes can get in the way of the extra bead. Is the rim set up tubeless? Sometimes you can blast it up tubeless, let it down, remove one bead and the valve, put the pointless tube in and it'll go up easier from there. I find schwalbe great on gravel sizes and above but the road tubeless ones are really tight.

not a problem I've ever encountered before in nearly 70 years of fitting tyres

Wasn't that before the pneumatic tyre?

No, but the R W Thomson design from 176 years ago was attached with bolts, so the problem with getting beads up onto the bead seats didn't apply

I’m looking for a bottle-cage suitable shiny (or brushed) holder for a battery pack to sit in. It needs to be very wide necked - basically just a plain cylinder. Most I can find are insulated which I think will mean the neck isn’t wide enough to fit the battery in (eg attached, which is my current best option).

Any suggestions gratefully received!

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Comes with some free coffee.

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Good idea. Reckon it’s water-resistant-able? And is it bottle cage sized…! I’ll buy one to try

How easy is it to acquire cutout stickers? Specifically I want some stickers but where the text forms the only part of the sticker like this:

The issue is that I want them to be pretty small - the height of the letters would be around 10mm maybe.

How easy is it to acquire cutout stickers?

Very easy. I've used this company for a different sticker product and expect their high quality and customer service extends to your needs
https://www.stickersinternational.co.uk/products/vinyl-lettering-cut-vinyl-logos/

There's also a company called Bigger Stickers (read it out aloud - yes, really) that do them. In fact, most printers/signwriters should be able to do them for you.