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[Venod]

I'm looking at the GP5000's they look nice and I never see a bad word said about them.

Well here's your first bad word(s) I had a pair, not tubeless, both trashed with sidewall failures, the only tyres I have had fail this way.

 

[Johnno260]

Well here's your first bad word(s) I had a pair, not tubeless, both trashed with sidewall failures, the only tyres I have had fail this way.

ohhh that's not good, they're not too cheap either, I was looking at the Pirelli ones as well.

 

[JhnBssll]

I use tubeless gp5000's and rate them highly. I also like and use the Goodyear Eagle F1 tubeless.

 

[Gunk]

I use clincher 5000‘s and they’ve been brilliant, I’ve also got a pair of older 4000’s on my other bike. I’ve used them for years.

 

[bagpuss]

Did you have an ice cream while stopping at the bench outside JCB ?

Not that time .

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

Taking my my 15 year old Van Nicholas Yukon out for a spin, picture taken at the end of the ride, posing in front of 'East beach' and 'East Cliff' at Westbay Dorset.

Broadchurch fans will no doubt recognise that view, there were plenty more nearby as much of West Bay was used in the series. Unrelated to the name of my bike but 'Yukon exercises' was also the name the military used as a code name for the full rehearsal of the raid on Dieppe in 1942.

 

[jowwy]

Taking my my 15 year old Van Nicholas Yukon out for a spin, picture taken at the end of the ride, posing in front of 'East beach' and 'East Cliff' at Westbay Dorset.

Broadchurch fans will no doubt recognise that view, there were plenty more nearby as much of West Bay was used in the series. Unrelated to the name of my bike but 'Yukon exercises' was also the name the military used as a code name for the full rehearsal of the raid on Dieppe in 1942.

Nice bike and a triple gear set - very rare these days

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

Nice bike and a triple gear set - very rare these days

It's a TA Carmina, back in 2007 when I built the bike a triple was what was normally needed to get low gear ratios, the chainset is lovely but the gear change is 'OK' at best; as the front mech follows the radius of a larger chainring. I have got it to work well enough; for me, but I was always reluctant to recommend my set up.

If I was building it now I can achieve almost as low a gear with a Shimano GRX double, plus you should get a superior shifting between chainrings.

 

[jowwy]

It's a TA Carmina, back in 2007 when I built the bike a triple was what was normally needed to get low gear ratios, the chainset is lovely but the gear change is 'OK' at best; as the front mech follows the radius of a larger chainring. If I was building it now I can achieve almost as low a gear with a Shimano GRX double, plus you should get a superior shifting between chainrings.

im guessing its a 53/39/30 - with a 12/28 rear cassette??

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

im guessing its a 53/39/30 - with a 12/28 rear cassette??

46/36/26 with Campagnolo 10 speed 13-29 Cassette

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[jowwy]

46/36/26 with Campagnolo 10 speed 13-29 Cassette

ah so a 26/29 bottom gear....nice and spinney that. When i went to the alps back in 2017 i rode a sram etap set-up with a 48/34 and 11/40 rear cassette with a wolftooth roadlink ( as etap was a max of 34 rear cassette back then)......was a nice spinney gear in that there mountains

 

[Paul_Smith SRCC]

ah so a 26/29 bottom gear....nice and spinney that. When i went to the alps back in 2017 i rode a sram etap set-up with a 48/34 and 11/40 rear cassette with a wolftooth roadlink ( as etap was a max of 34 rear cassette back then)......was a nice spinney gear in that there mountains

Yes it is perfect for me, back in 2007 I worked part time for Bike Adventures, riding support as 'sweeper' at the back of the group, if someone got off their bike to push it up a hill that 26/29 bottom gear enabled me to ride next to them at walking pace. Fast forward to 2022 and my athletic ability has declined to the extent that I now actually need that gear! I confess I used it a couple of times in the hills around West Bay, some of the hills were steep and long and the odd descent was flooded at the bottom, so I had to grovel my way back up what I had just spent an eternity freewheeling down lol.

 

[Sallar55]

Looked out my 08 VN Aeolus custom frame with a Burls ti fork with low rider bosses. One plus is that I can fit 28mm tyres as it was a race frame if you had a standard frame.

Needs a service, the chain is skipping is my old DT 240 hub gone or is it new chain and block😭

 

[Johnno260]

Now with DCR wheels and tan wall tyres, I can’t wait for 5pm.

Seems I have a bad batch of Pirelli inner tubes as both failed where the valve joins the inner tube.

 

[Johnno260]

I can’t complain about that I’m very pleased.