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Having a very hard time seating my tires on two different wheelsets (potentially 3) with Schwalbe G-one Allround 650x35B, I am considering to try different tires, which is a pain tbh.
But does anyone have recommendation for a good 650x35B or 650x38B tire that would be ok on road, ok on gravel (light, like the g-one allround), preferably black?

Looking for a bit of help as I have very hard times seating my tires on my rims.

I use the same tire on both of my bikes (Schwalbe G-One Allround), but I can not get to seat it correctly on both of my wheelsets, which have rims from Ryde (Andra 40 and ZAC 421).
Therefore on some places of the tires the bead seems not hooked into the rim and "plunges" below, which creates wobbles. I rode it "as is" for quite some time, but noticed it had damaged the tire flanges on my bike with the ZAC rims.
Today I changed the damaged tire on this bike, and tried another wheelset with Velocity Atlas rims, and it seems to seat correctly. Will see tomorrow if it remains seated.

Then, I deflated the wheelset with the Andra rims, and re-inflated with soapy water and high pressure with the floor pump, which seemed to work to seat the tire, and left it like this for about 30mn ; then de-flated it to the pressure I ride and it seemed to have remained seated correctly so I was happy. But I rode it tonight, and after 25km, the tires "unseated" again, plunging on one area of the tire.

Is it possible that one specific tire type can never seat correctly on a specific set of rims? what else could I try to get it to seat? Do I need to consider different tires which would be a pain, as I quite like the G-One Allround

aaaah okay with the first pictures I did not see that it was a single part. which is dumb from me because the other one is lol
yoke is very very very cool by the way

yes yes I know but the idea would be to remove the two screws of the drive siderocker dropout, then you can rotate it 180° so it wouldn't be attached to the chainstay anymore and you would have space to pass the belt in the rear triangle? or maybe I am thinking wrong?

just a quick question out of curiosity, by removing the screw of the rocker dropouts, wouldn't they be able to rotate around the top rivet/pivot 360° freely? in this case, then the belt is able to be slid on, which would remove the need of split seat stay? or am I missing something?

by any chance, would anyone know (or have the possibility to test) if the Paul Groovy barrel adjusters would fit on other levers, such as for example Shimano Deore T610 levers?
If not I guess I just have to try it haha

great great bike!

Realized that I never got round to post the little beast that Jacek built for me last summer and that I assembled this autumn.
A few iterations later, the « singlocross » bike is definitely my favourite bike ever!

looks cool, flattens it a bit without eliminating all of the brush marks, that could be cool indeed and allow to control the amount of brush marks and their presence which gives an additional option for the paint! frame looks great btw

complete paint noob here, but a couple of coats + sanding could flatten a bit the paint and might eliminate a bit the brush marks maybe? that way manufacturer recommendation (brush) is respected and the brush marks could be a bit less, but in any case as it is for a MTB the brush marks/industrial look might give a cool result maybe?

bidons by Spurcyle!

thanks!

out of curiosity, do you have any link to that recommendation? (might be useful for me in the future)

the cargo is stunning! the color, the bags, all the little touches are very very very nice!

I figured the limitation I found in searching would be the thread diameter of a track hub. I think I worked out a different way around so I should be good in the end. Thanks to you, @snottyotter and @Dry for the help!

does anyone have a recommendation for a singlspeed freewheel of 14 teeth, that is compatible with a track flip/flop hub?
Are the BMX freewheels all compatible with track hubs? because I feel that it is towards this front that I could find a 14T freewheel

pm!

Quick question, I currently have installed on my girlfriend's bike Tektro R539 brakes, that are I believe medium/long reach (47 to 59mm). They are fine for her use an allow to run 32C tires, no issue. However, the brakes are too narrow to allow to run mudguards.

Does anyone have a reference of a modern brake caliper (similar to the R539), with reach of 45 to 60 mm roughly, and that have big clearance for both tires and mudguards?

had one built very recently, and I had not much spontaneous updates, but Jacek replied each time within 1 or 2 days when I required updates I believe so I think he has just been really busy lately

Thanks!

honestly planning to keep it as long as I can, just updated from a SE first gen to a 13 mini (as I loved the size of the 5S/SE first gen, but it died this summer and the 13 mini was the closest in size) and I find it a pita to drop such amount of money so if I can keep my macbook pro for a while I am very happy to. Not so fond of the Air due to lack of features that I use sometimes (cd player, ports, etc.) and I like mine so I guess smartest move for my situation would be SSD but I just wanted to know if it would really make a difference

EDIT: in any case, thanks @Soul and @Gewürzt

Bringing a question to expers from here!
Currently using a Macbook Pro mid-2012, for which I updated ram a few years ago. Updated recently to the latest OS I could get to, can't remember which one but I think this is the one previous to the current one so probably Catalina ; I was previously on Yosemite so quite some change but I needed to access to latest iTunes and be able to communicate with my phone as I got the 13 mini.

However, the computer seems to have a bit of a hard time accomodate to the new OS (a lot slower), not necessarily very bad but eveything takes quite some time.
Would it help to install an SSD (it has a regular hard drive right now) and would it be worth it, or is it a better idea to leave it as it is until its death?

was smooth on your side as well so I would recommend jontea anytime as well!

sure! only one I have is this one below (and it is not very good), but I believe I posted the bike and some details in the Orlowski thread

Hello,

For sale Paul Component brakeset:

• Racer brakes in black (F+R)
  
• Cantilever levers in black (L+R)
  
  

Willing to let it go for 375€ (without postage), but bear in mind that I am located in France so postage is to be taken into account.

Really good conditions, not ridden much, only thing to note is some marks on the left lever (pictured).

dm if you're interested!