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overdrive folding contis are easier to fit on.With your fingers.

not on my rims they aint, and its not just i'm a girl...

hippy [quote]dogsballs check if you are running 700x19 tubes, someone here had the same problem, as they wouldn't expand enough to fit 700x23. but as rpm said 120-110 ish no problems. pinch flat was because 80psi is too soft ;)

No way is 80psi over-inflated either. I run around 100psi.. bit more when racing.. and most tyres will handle a lot more before self-destruction.

clefty: Do you fit the tyres with tools (tyre levers, screwdriver, angle grinder) or with your hands/fingers only?[/quote]

when i first put the contis on this weekend there was a lot of levering involved with a couple of tyre levers, however when i changed the rear one the first time (after the initial tube popped whilst pumping it - which now makes me a bit jumpy round track pumps as well - but that was definitely a mixture of bad installation, hurting fingers and tiredness) i took out one side of the tyre bead to remove/fit the new tube then got as much in with my fingers until i had to use tryre levers for the last 5 inches of tyre or so.

I think maybe i just gotta be less brutal, i thought i was uber careful seating the tube round the rim with my fingers last time, pumped it up slightly them re checked it to make sure it was seated, then pumped it up again to 80psi, I rode about 30 miles on that back tyre before i got back home, topped it up a little - still not over 90psi..which is when it went pop -half an hour later in my hallway..

maybe its just the tube in general that hates me..i can't win - when I take the Northern line it screws up, now when i try to cycle the tube fails again! Is this TFL getting their own back for them not getting my travelcard money anymore?

oh christ i've created a monster..

and in answer to your question joe, shouldn't be a problem, i've just dropped down from 700 x 28 to 700 x 23 and barring any more tube explosions..sorry blowouts I should be ok.

thanks for the tips, bought a couple more tubes today and am going to try again tonight and be very careful putting the tube in, after the first rear tube blew i was very careful putting the second one it, but maybe not careful enough...

I got the new conti 4000's on this weekend and have had nothing but trouble with them so far, I dont know whether I'm runnning at the wrong pressure or what. After fighting to get the tyres on from new I blew a rear tube whilst it was around 80psi (hardest I've dared even tho the tyres are rated at up to 120. Then got a pinch flat on the front trying to hop up a kerb last night, so when i got in made sure both tubes were around 80psi when i'd repaired the front. Went to bed 15 minutes late heard a massive pop and the rear had blown again unseating the tyre whilst it was sitting in my hallway. This is the first time I've really dealt with skinny road tyres so I dunno what i'm doing wrong, any help/thoughts much appreciated

grr

yeh apparently the nice bar tape will be out in December at £8 quid a pop, my brown tape is starting to go a bit nasty...

well after an age of postal strikes, finally got my new bronze conti gp4000's, complete bitch to get on, but am rather pleased with the result, they are a really good match for the saddle and bar tape.

[quote]MA3K Bestest: my conversion skate/cycle shoes

aha! you're the fella i saw in front of me at CM the month before last with the Sal 23's!

I have had shoe jealousy for the past two months, would be interested to know how any conversion tips.

bugger, got too excited, then saw the post a few below it..sorry.

and me in a silly hat

I saw one of those at the bike show, it was very pretty..dammit

i think i'm definitely gonna change the tyres on mine, Monkey let me know what you go for in the end.. currently thinking of some conti sport contact as I have them on my other hybrid and love them..

no there were far too many people around..

Evilmonkey I've been riding one for a week now, and am still loving the look. It's my first fixed, so I can't really compare to much else, but its a lovely ride. Very different to my road and mountain bikes, seems to love a sleight incline (no idea why, but going up them feels like going downhill??)

Am just annoyed that the tapes not the new stuff they're getting shipped in (same mock leather as the saddle). Will order some when its in for the full look.

So what would the recommendation be for a better set of tyres?

Monkey, were you by any chance at the Hovis Freewheel? I had a 5 minute mutual appreciate fest with a chap who'd had one for about a week under the blackfriars underpass (i'd bought mine the day before)

My favourite cycling video at the moment..Donnie Darko meets BMX Bandits!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8&mode=related&search=

jonnywilkinson jb, if you are sarf of the river you could try moose in colliers wood who have the Charge Plug and Giant Bowery. putney cycles have Bob Jacksons but for that price you may as well satisfy your penchant for Wilier

Just bought a Charge from the boys at Moose and they really nice and helpful. Still on the freewheel at the moment until I buy some spd pedals for the beast - loving it though! The Giant although lighter is just not as pretty as the Charge and i'm not a fan of full drops..