Hip Hop Skid Bikes / Hipster Sleds / HHSB

Either or?
However you want to determine really.

low's like leaders now

^ this

shifted the rellow yaleigh yet?

big possibility i'm moving back to UK in Jan so there should be one rolling around the streets of London soon. need to downsize the collection tho.

Nope no takers... Might end up putting it on eBay with a BIN... Just really don't want to ha. Not used da bay to sell anything thus far and don't want to start now...

Why would you leave Mallorca for London!?

low's like MASHs now

ftfy

Nope no takers... Might end up putting it on eBay with a BIN... Just really don't want to ha. Not used da bay to sell anything thus far and don't want to start now...

Why would you leave Mallorca for London!?

want me to list it for ya? I haz 100% fb

did this get resolved?

I'm also in the market now.

nope and i been commuting on my bmx, not ideal. I might get one of those BLB ones just to see what they're like. Evans have hardshels for 25 atm so that isn't even too bad. Condor is the cheapest in London i think

folding tho

Fuck payin for folding when i'm gunna put a hole in it in a couple of months imo, or does the kevlar beading in the folding make them magically stronger?

Where can i get my hands on one of those plastic things that threads on to rears being used as fronts to protect the threading/make it look nicer?

Electrical tape works

otherwise

http://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/m13b105s211p9682/HALO_Fix-T_Cover/RS_GB/26550

^^ Kevlar beading is only there as a folding alternative to steel.

Random thought - When I make a hole in a training tub I cut a length of old tyre and stick it inside.

Might work for clinchers too. If you shifted the tyre on the rim by about 10deg it would mean that your repaired region was not a skid patch.
(might be a bit lumpy but would get you back on the road without needing any dosh)
To minimise the lump, you can use a stanley knife to cut a feathered edge on the bit of donor tyre. (you'd need to cut the bead off too).

Yh that's what i thought. I used a load of old tube folded up over the hole to get me home but the ride was horrible and i don't trust it at all.
That reminds me of the days of running two tyres in bmx for puncture protection.
I'm suppose to have 19 skid patches apparently but it always seems like there's 1 or 2 that wear down super quick.

Slaaaaaaaaaaaaave :

I'm suppose to have 19 skid patches apparently but it always seems like there's 1 or 2 that wear down super quick.

I've noticed that too, not sure why that is - perhaps the skid-patch calculators lie.

I've wondered about occasionally whipping off the tyre and re-positioning it long before it gets into that state - I've not thought through the maths, but I assume it'd work to preserve tyre life.

I've noticed that too, not sure why that is - perhaps the skid-patch calculators lie.

I've wondered about occasionally whipping off the tyre and re-positioning it long before it gets into that state - I've not thought through the maths, but I assume it'd work to preserve tyre life.

surely you could just rotate the whole weel by one tooth on the chain. or is that pointless...

^ yep rotating the tyre a few teeth works. Ambidextrous skidding helps otherwise you half the number of patches.

Also...

28c Randonneurs have ton of rubber and are (still?) £12 and can be picked up in BikeWorkshop.

Ambidextrous skidding helps double the number of patches.

way I've always thought about it....

Well that just depends on how you first calculate the number of patches doesn't it?

:)

You happen to know if they've got any 25s in stock? I'll ride over in a bit but not sure a 28 will fit.

I always rely on the calulator apps etc that seem to assume you can't ambi-skid unless you tick that box

^^28c minimum no?

Dont know but probably not. Nobody buys 25s as they are a rando minus the rubber (i.e. pointless).

^^28c minimum no?

No.