Resistance is futile

[craigwend]

I thought this was a thread about the borg

Boring
Old
Ride
Grumps...

 

[Drago]

Dogging.
Condoms.
Fixies.

Wait, that's not right.

I have tried dogging.

 

[HLaB]

Ive never tried drugs (non prescription anyway) or smoking and I intend to keep up my resistance!

 

[HMS_Dave]

I talk to my Elephant bike on the way home from the shops.

 

[Drago]

I talk to my Elephant bike on the way home from the shops.

And it never forgets what you said.

 

[Punkawallah]

No. Resistance is Voltage divided by Current.

 

[Oldhippy]

No interest in tubeless or electronic gearing. I do want to try Rohloff hub.

 

[raleighnut]

No interest in tubeless or electronic gearing here either not that keen on 'brifters' either or riding 'On The Hoods'

 

[slow horse]

To be clear, I've got nothing against the things I mentioned. Just haven't gotten around to them.

I have tried dogging.

I pass lots of people walking their dogs. Seems innocent enough to me, and the poor things need exercise.

Do I get extra heresy points for (unsuccessfully) forcing tubeless on my Brompton?

What happened?

 

[derrick]

Elecrtonic shifting (great)
Tubeless tyres road bike (ok)
Hydrolic disc brakes (work well) forget cable disc brakes.

 

[All uphill]

I seem to be resisting quite well.

Anything that is not user serviceable, or has proprietary parts, is not coming into my garage!

I was recently asked if I could 'have a look' at a neighbour's non- functioning 10 speed (?) Di2. I had to disappoint him saying that I didn't have the confidence to do that. Apparently his LBS had suggested a change back to mechanical gear changing.

 

[presta]

Resistance is Voltage divided by Current.

Not nececelery.

 

[wafter]

What happened?

Ostensibly it worked; however the idea was ultimately canned as (unsurprisingly) there are no tubeless-specific tyres in this size and I had problems with punctures sealing at the tread but not the carcass. This meant that the tread layer would inflate / blister / pull away from the rest of the tyre body; causing both ongoing sealing problems and potentially early tyre death as sealant would accumulate between the two layers causing excessive wear in this area as it stood proud of the tread around it.

In addition the relatively high tyre pressures made sealing difficult / less reliable while the inside of the tyres I tried were textured; making patching / booting difficult to repair larger gashes from glass / flint.

I suspect that tubeless can work very well in the low pressure / high volume environment of MTB tyres where it originated, however I think pushing to higher pressures / lower volumes (the worst obviously being road bike tyres) is going to be of questionable value and more trouble than it's worth.


Oh, and as for the other bits I've tried / not tried - no desire to interact with any of thing things mentioned in my previous post and happy to see some others (CFRP frames, press-fit BBs) relegated to memory; if only on principle rather than any actual negative experiences.

Conversely, I absolutely love hydraulic disc brakes and can accept 1x drivetrains on an MTB; although I believe that's largely where they should remain.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Hydraulic disc brakes are brilliant. I've Di2 on one bike and the shifting compared to mechanical is like night and day.

Not tried tubeless, but willing to give it a go.

 

[sevenfourate]

…….and can accept 1x drivetrains on an MTB; although I believe that's largely where they should remain.

Why so ? I’ve got Deore 1 x 10 on both the MTB and road-use Hybrid. Way different gearing ranges on each, but simple efficient, fuss-free changes on both none the less.
And I’ve never hankered after any more up or down the range…..or between cogs come to think of it…..on either.

I’m struggling to imagine what I’d gain from anything else ?