Stefan Mikes
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While tubeless are of value in MTB (especially competition), I don't think tubeless are some magical cure-all, especially on road.
What do you think about adding tire liners to ECE-R75 tires? overkill?For an ebike, I'd rather not deal with all the mess and just use a highly flat resistant tire like a Schwalbe Marathon
Tannus Armour inserts ...do not leave home without them (-: https://tannusamerica.com/?gclid=Cj...Rad90G-Ekt5OBTPVw0pNEfTfguf9auxUaAjiWEALw_wcBWhat do you think about adding tire liners to ECE-R75 tires? overkill?
What can I say? It´s a learning process. Screw up often enuff & you will become a master bike mechanic.Ugh ...
Thought I'd change our the stock pathfinder 38c for Smart Sams 40C. Tires look like they would have great traction. Unfortunately, I could not get them onto the rims after about 45 minutes of struggling with it and watching numerous videos on how to do so. I could get one side and 80% of the other, but it just would not go. At this point I'm likely sending them back; even if I had the LBS do it, what happens when I get a flat on the trail?
Worse, when I removed the rear wheel, I didn't set the gear to the smallest setting. Once I get it back on, when I shifted all the way to one end of the gears, one one side the front hub would not spin, and the other end of the gears the chain came off. And, the chain proceeded to come off the front hub and get stuck between the front gear and the motor housing. After wrestling that for a while I got that fixed, but I cannot get the rear gears right. Now it seems that the derailleur is in the way. I have no idea what to do other than take it to the LBS tomorrow.
I'm pretty disappointed and frustrated.
Dayuuuum!Even Schwalbe Marathon plus will eventually meet their match.
My issue with marathon + is the tread portion is too rigid for the sidewalls, I prefer green guards.Even Schwalbe Marathon plus will eventually meet their match.View attachment 88728
Ya everything is a tradeoff on a bike and it comes down to where you are willing to compromise and where you are not.My issue with marathon + is the tread portion is too rigid for the sidewalls, I prefer green guards.
Speaking of that has anyone tried these? https://tannusamerica.com/pages/tannus-airless-tiresDayuuuum!
Cant think of anything except a solid tire that would survive that one!
If I decided the SL were for me, I'd go for the 4.0 EQIf I was starting over again I’d get the 5.0 non EQ
I would be cautious about running tubeless on non-tubeless rims. I have had a couple of rear tires blow off the rim even though it was a tubeless rim and tubless tire set up by the bike shop as part of a semi-custom traditional road bike with 650B x 42mm tires. I now run that wheel with a tube but I may try tubless again with Vittoria Air-Liner inserts. I had a new wheel built by a different favorite shop where they suggested a different rim model and spoke count. That wheel has been fine tubeless. I wanted to use tubeless for my road bike since most of my flats are either small pieces of glass or pieces of truck radial tire wire that should easily be sealed. I'm still on the stock tires on my Vado SL 5 EQ and have not decided if I will try tubeless on this bike.I’ve talked to people on Facebook groups that did successfully run the SL 4 rims tubeless with a conversion kit. I spoke to the LBS about it and they said it is possible, but not advised as the interior shape of the rim isn’t ideal and this more likely to produce flats.
If I was starting over again I’d get the 5.0 non EQ
Good advice, as always.P.S. I have forgotten to add you should be careful to not to pinch the inner tube on the tyre replacement. Happened to me thrice, so ignorant I used to be!
This is the norm, and how it has been always since inner tubes were inventedI always put just a little bit of air into the fresh tube -- just enough to give it a little bit of shape -- before putting it inside the tire. That generally helps keep it from being pinched, although care is still required.
My point was, the explosion of inner tube (that happened to me three times) occurred with some air inside the tube when installing the tyre. I was just fast and careless.Only the uninformed attempt to install brand new flat inner tubes.
Yeah, I did that once on a hot, dusty day by the side of the road fixing my 2nd flat in 10 miles. It blew the tire off the rim! Luckily I was near a bike repair facility so walked in, handed the guy my wheel & tire, and just said "please fix this!"My point was, the explosion of inner tube (that happened to me three times) occurred with some air inside the tube when installing the tyre. I was just fast and careless.