Mo1959
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Woo hoo.......yes, c,mon the ladiesI think the O/H is wanting a road bike too
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I think the O/H is wanting a road bike too
My OH got the cycling buzz too but don't think I will be seeing her on the road cycling anytime soon. Luckily I still had the old stationary trainer in the loft, give it a good clean and set it up in the lounge. Everyone is happy now.
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This sounded like great fun, just by reading your post it makes me wish I was there! Maybe next year
There is one in September too, also a night ride next month.
If you do wait till next year, you will enjoy it. May do it again myself!
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I put a set of Maxis Re-fuse on my Trek, I haven't had a flat yet (1000 + a few miles), even riding on highways. I bought 25s, wish I had gone with 23s. I have Continental Ultra Sports on my Synapse (23s). Both tires are road/training tires. I got a flat the very first ride on the Ultra Sports (by a highway) then no other punctures for over 1700 miles. I rode them a lot on country roads that don't have blown out truck tire carcasses with the little wires all over the place. Then, day before yesterday, I was on the highway and the p fairy paid me a visit (on the Ultra Sports). I was only a mile from home so I was able to just blast it with CO2 and get home. I replaced the tube and rode yesterday and all was fine but when I did the old pinch test before todays ride it was very low. I just switched the wheels with my Trek today rather than fix the tire.(I had been wanting to check out the 11/28 cassette with standard front rings anyway
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So to summarize my review after having used both tires on the same bike is: I prefer slicks, like the Ultra Sports, I like the way they ride and I like 23's, they roll better to me. If puncture resistance is higher on the list of priorities the Maxis Re-fuse haven't let me down yet. Personally I would go with the 23s next time. I run everything at max recommended PSI. Both sets of tires still look good to me too, even the Ultra Sports with 1700 miles on them. I just need to find that damn slow leak now, the past few months have been wonderful for me puncture wise. I just hope I haven't jinxed myself. Read some reviews on other tires too. There are a lot of good ones out there. Don't just buy the first set you see with green and white stripes.
I also noticed that you used the word "gotten" in one of your post a little earlier, I thought that was like illegal or something over there. I always thought it made me sound kind of British when I said it. You would not believe how heartbroken I felt when I found out y'all hardly even use it.Now I see you using it and it boosted my moral tremendously! I think a British accent saying gotten would sound about as cool as hearing them say aluminum.
A riding buddy on L2B had 25cm tyres on and it was a struggle just taking it off! Normal brake calipers don't help, getting in the way.
I had a puncture within 100 miles of starting cycling on my Scwalbes, then got about 500 on them with no issues before I switched anyway to the Michelin Pro4 Service Course. So far have done 400 odd miles without issue, touch wood, and I cycle on a fair number of poor surfaced roads, and countryside roads littered with bits of branches etc.
I almost 'want' to get a flat in the wild just to get some real world experience of changing flats and using CO2 outside before RideLondon but I don't want to waste one needlessly lol.
You always lose some pressure anyways, but don't know whats causing significant overnight loss. Like you I have the pressure high, normally 110psi front and back.
I always thought gotten was an Americanised English word lol, I stand to be corrected though. I like it when Americans say Y'all!
@Mo1959 I think you may need to reassess your cycling target looking at your sig!!
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Ha, ha......I think I already did but may have to do it again. Mind you, it will soon be winter up here in the north.
Talking of tyres, I can't rate the Schwalbe Durano Plus highly enough. Maybe not the lightest, but I have done 2500 miles and look like there is quite a bit of life left in them yet.
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Ha, ha......I think I already did but may have to do it again. Mind you, it will soon be winter up here in the north.
Talking of tyres, I can't rate the Schwalbe Durano Plus highly enough. Maybe not the lightest, but I have done 2500 miles and look like there is quite a bit of life left in them yet.
420g for a tyre? I guess they serve the terrain well if other tyres are prone to P-Fairy. Mine were only 205g but maybe not quite as midland friendly as yours! Having said that, I'm not a weight watcher for my bike as most of the grams I could lose are sitting round my waist.
EDIT: Also if Im being honest, my Michelin Pro 4s feel much of a muchness to the stock Schwalbe training tyres I had on previously. Maybe Im not attuned enough to notice the difference.
They do look bluer, which is always a good thing imo
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I run 23's Utra sports, I haven't had to many visits, though the first one I got did get something embedded in it very early on, took it out and it's been fine, I got this in Jan ran it on the front till April when I got another, which went on the front and the front on the rear, so the rear has done 3,500 miles or so, the flats I usually get are tubes I have repaired (usually after a time), It's been good in the wet and dry, handles the roads better than I do. I guess its about due to be replaced, mind the Kenda lasted 4-4,500 miles, but handled worse than I doI put a set of Maxis Re-fuse on my Trek, I haven't had a flat yet (1000 + a few miles), even riding on highways. I bought 25s, wish I had gone with 23s. I have Continental Ultra Sports on my Synapse (23s). Both tires are road/training tires. I got a flat the very first ride on the Ultra Sports (by a highway
So to summarize my review after having used both tires on the same bike is: I prefer slicks, like the Ultra Sports, I like the way they ride and I like 23's, they roll better to me. If puncture resistance is higher on the list of priorities the Maxis Re-fuse haven't let me down yet. Personally I would go with the 23s next time. I run everything at max recommended PSI. Both sets of tires still look good to me too, even the Ultra Sports with 1700 miles on them. I just need to find that damn slow leak now, the past few months have been wonderful for me puncture wise. I just hope I haven't jinxed myself. Read some reviews on other tires too. There are a lot of good ones out there. Don't just buy the first set you see with green and white stripes.
I also noticed that you used the word "gotten" in one of your post a little earlier, I thought that was like illegal or something over there. I always thought it made me sound kind of British when I said it. You would not believe how heartbroken I felt when I found out y'all hardly even use it.
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It doesn't make much difference to me, hills or flat, though I would rather do 30-40 miles over hills than 50-60 on the flat.
Speak of flat rides, anyone going to York Friday.
Sorry I haven't been around much been working on pictures.
I'm with you Nigel. I'd rather do a hilly route than flat. The Leicester to Skegness ride I done, the last 40miles were flat and it was so boring and tedious!
Has anyone seen the wiggle flat out in the fens sportive? Pretty much a 150 mile route all flat. How boring would that be lol.
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It might make the average speed targets for medals more competitive?
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Re: Tyres, I'll have a look. The stock tyres mine came with lasted 1000 miles before a puncture, and I've only have 3 in 1700 miles. If it wasn't for the massive cuts these would be staying on my bike for quite a while longer if I'm honest .
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Today I have completed my first 100km (enough of the new fangled foreign stuff) at an average of 11.9mph. Wendover - Oxford and back, looked reasonably flat in planning but the climb form Wheatley to the top of Shotover Plain was a killer (an amount of walking involved 
) but paled into insignificance against the return trip up to the top which was even worse.
Learning Point - The last 10 miles was a struggle, not enough liquid taken at a guess because I recovered when I got home and drank 2 pints of squash.
) but paled into insignificance against the return trip up to the top which was even worse. Learning Point - The last 10 miles was a struggle, not enough liquid taken at a guess because I recovered when I got home and drank 2 pints of squash.
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Today I have completed my first 100km (enough of the new fangled foreign stuff) at an average of 11.9mph. Wendover - Oxford and back, looked reasonably flat in planning but the climb form Wheatley to the top of Shotover Plain was a killer (an amount of walking involved
Learning Point - The last 10 miles was a struggle, not enough liquid taken at a guess because I recovered when I got home and drank 2 pints of squash.
Well done, quite a distance! Congrats on the MC.
Give that hill a cold hard stare back, and fight it another day. You may even get further up it next time before dismounting.
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Well done, just keep at it, they do get easier.Today I have completed my first 100km (enough of the new fangled foreign stuff) at an average of 11.9mph. Wendover - Oxford and back, looked reasonably flat in planning but the climb form Wheatley to the top of Shotover Plain was a killer (an amount of walking involved
Learning Point - The last 10 miles was a struggle, not enough liquid taken at a guess because I recovered when I got home and drank 2 pints of squash.
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