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• Surly Bike Owners

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 hours, 50 minutes

  

  This is now approaching its final form, and feeling much better with new drivetrain, hoses & cables. Tubeless installed - a first for me - and it does immediately feel extremely supple, which is nice, albeit I'm not sure yet how well it's holding air, obvs a must on an everyday utility bike.

  But by far the biggest improvement is, for the first time, mudguards that don't rattle on every bump, which had been really upsetting my zen. I can now see I haven't got the curve quite right yet, mind

  Last thing on the wish list is a Brooks B17, always fancied trying one and this feels like the right bike for it

• Tubeless Tyres -"saying the same things about tubeless tyres over and over again" Hippy read the first f**king post

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 day, 5 hours

  

  I'll have to see how I get on with it

  Agreed that adding the plug was fun and easy and I'd much rather be doing that on the roadside than changing a tube

  Overnight both tyres dropped to 20psi, so not flat but about half what they need to be able to hold. Hopefully that was a one time thing while the sealant gets to where it needs to go, and does its thing, rather than something that's gonna happen every night

• Tubeless Tyres -"saying the same things about tubeless tyres over and over again" Hippy read the first f**king post

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 day, 16 hours

  

  Very belatedly taken the plunge today, after many years of wondering

  First tyre went up fine first time and seemed to hold pressure, as soon as I'd added sealant, with just two layers of tape and a track pump. At this point I was feeling v positive

  Second tyre, which is older albeit very far from worn out, had no less than four punctures - where you could see sealant coming through the tyre - that had never punctured the inner tube beneath previously. One of these was pissing air and sealant, enough to stop the tyre getting high enough pressure to seat the bead. Added a dynoplug - thankfully I'd already bought these to stick in my bag in case of a puncture - and it seemed to work, although not immediately.

  Eventually seemed to seal and it's held a few hours, time will tell if it lasts overnight. But it's definitely got me wondering if this going to have the opposite effect from intended - which was to reduce the chance of punctures. If the presence of the tube itself has seemingly prevented four punctures, one of which took a plug and a lot of time to seal, am I really going to get fewer punctures by going tubeless?

• Food

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 days, 22 hours

  

  Absolute unit

• Brooks B17 Titanium saddle

  in Components and clothing • 5 days, 3 hours

  

  Did this sell? And have you got a photo to show the scuffs?

• Food

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 4 hours

  

  Horrendous experience at the supermarkets this morning as expected.

  Think I have my menu confirmed now, aiming for a blend of top quality where it counts and ease/cheating where I can get away with it. So, nibbles instead of proper starters, no-cook dessert, and as little doubling up of meat/veggie things as possible. Which means no pancetta in the sprouts sadly.

• FS: Brooks Saddles , B17 , Flyer , B67

  in Components and clothing • 6 days, 5 hours

  

  B17 Honey

  Hi, this still available? And would you post?

• Food

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 5 hours

  

  Great shout, these are cute

• Clandestine Carrier

  in Current Projects • 6 days, 21 hours

  

  Looks amazing, dream bike

• Food

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 6 days, 22 hours

  

  This is a good suggestion, it's veggies not vegans for me so that does make it easier.