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[BILL S]

Also I'd guess that as long as the valve was open when it snapped then you should be able to pump air in without losing any.

 

[Randyberlin]

Is that on your bike and how many miles is that?

It was just under 1400. I do solo card card tours. Hotels and restaurants with just an 8 pound seatpost bag. Lazy and selfish but fun.

 

[AAAC 76C]

No, the metal screw piece has snapped off completely. In the pic, everything from the screw bit that has opened the valve upwards snapped off. Not sure if it will still pump up, but my guess is as soon as I put the pump onto it all the air will escape and I'll need to change the tube. I have a spare tube but I'm not sure how to get the wheel off and change the tube on this bike so not attempted it yet I'll see how it goes and change it when the tyre gets too flat

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The little knurled nut locks the valve closed. If it's gone you should still have no problem inflating the tyre other than breaking the 'stiction' on the valve.
Normally if I have a high pressure in the tyre already I loosen the knurled nut and then press it in to release some air before trying to inflate.
If the small threaded valve keeper is broken flush you may have to get quite a high pressure in the pump tube before the valve cracks open and lets air into the tube.

 

[AAAC 76C]

It was just under 1400. I do solo card card tours. Hotels and restaurants with just an 8 pound seatpost bag. Lazy and selfish but fun.

and bars I hope!

 

[Steve]

I tried drafting Steves ghost tonight and the same thing happened to me on the decent.
He pulled away so quickly and it was impossible to follow his wheel.
Obviously he has a different trainer or he weighs 25 stone.

I do have a 'different' trainer here in the Philippines it's an Elite Real Axiom (bit old now) which I'm pretty sure 'flatters' me somewhat, the thing I enjoy most though is the more natural feel of riding over the Bkool Pro I have in London, I just don't get the 'dead stops' on the Elite and I can ride 'into' the hill with momentum from any previous downslope if you know what I mean. I realise when I get back to London next month my times will suffer which doesn't worry me as much as the 'natural feel' I will lose, still you never know the Bkool software team may have come up with a solution by then (BTW I weigh around 13 stone )

 

[<Tommy>]

Actually I'm speaking cr4p again and it's only the schrader valves that can be replaced. Not a hard job to replace a tube though once you get used to it. Hardest thing is to avoid nipping the tube but you get good at that after a while.

You were right the first time mate. Some tubes come with removable valves but some don't.

 

[Brusgaard]

I just don't get the 'dead stops' on the Elite and I can ride 'into' the hill with momentum from any previous downslope if you know what I mean.

Just get an old 2015 Pro or Classic, and the dead stops are gone. I got an old Pro in stock, how much are you willing to pay?

 

[Whorty]

I do have a 'different' trainer here in the Philippines it's an Elite Real Axiom (bit old now) which I'm pretty sure 'flatters' me somewhat, the thing I enjoy most though is the more natural feel of riding over the Bkool Pro I have in London, I just don't get the 'dead stops' on the Elite and I can ride 'into' the hill with momentum from any previous downslope if you know what I mean. I realise when I get back to London next month my times will suffer which doesn't worry me as much as the 'natural feel' I will lose, still you never know the Bkool software team may have come up with a solution by then (BTW I weigh around 13 stone )

You're a smidge lighter than me, so if you can still see the same watts on the bkool pro you'll blow me away for sure .

 

[AAAC 76C]

Just get an old 2015 Pro or Classic, and the dead stops are gone. I got an old Pro in stock, how much are you willing to pay?

In fact you'll get the opposite and you will fly up the first part of any hill.

BKool have added a delay into thier firmware which they say simulates inertia but all it really does is just delay the mathematical affect of the slope change, up or down.
It's that delay on transition from up to down that folk have been noting.
It can be a bit frustrating as you can hit a short -4% and get nothing from it if the slope changes again.
Mind that works both ways.

 

[Whorty]

Just get an old 2015 Pro or Classic, and the dead stops are gone. I got an old Pro in stock, how much are you willing to pay?

What I see is kind of a dead stop, but in the transition from a +ve gradient to a -ve gradient. Probably all the same bug. Hitting the down gradient and I'm still pushing like I'm going up hill. Others fly past, so maybe they have an older turbo.

It's all relative though at the end of the day so I'm only competing against myself losing against others, but beating my own times is progress

 

[Whorty]

In fact you'll get the opposite and you will fly up the first part of any hill.

BKool have added a delay into thier firmware which they say simulates inertia but all it really does is just delay the mathematical affect of the slope change, up or down.
It's that delay on transition from up to down that folk have been noting.
It can be a bit frustrating as you can hit a short -4% and get nothing from it if the slope changes again.
Mind that works both ways.

Yes!! That is exactly what I see. I did wonder if it was part of the 'fix' they introduced

 

[Goldwolfie]

Did the West coast a couple of years back and loved every minute of it.
Tell me more, where did you start and finish?

Manchester to San Francisco then down the coast to LA, and onwards to San Diego. Back up to Palm Springs and the Grand Canyon. Las Vegas for a few nights then through Death Valley and up to Lake Tahoe. Yosemite national park and back to San Francisco to fly back home.

About 3000 miles driving all told but over 4 weeks, so it wasn't too hectic - I don't think Mrs GW and myself would have got too far on a tandem in that heat - 117F in Las Vegas, but at least the casinos have aircon

Brilliant holiday and a bit different to our normal 2 weeks chilling on a beach on an all-inclusive.

 

[AAAC 76C]

Manchester to San Francisco then down the coast to LA, and onwards to San Diego. Back up to Palm Springs and the Grand Canyon. Las Vegas for a few nights then through Death Valley and up to Lake Tahoe. Yosemite national park and back to San Francisco to fly back home.

About 3000 miles driving all told but over 4 weeks, so it wasn't too hectic - I don't think Mrs GW and myself would have got too far on a tandem in that heat - 117F in Las Vegas, but at least the casinos have aircon

Brilliant holiday and a bit different to our normal 2 weeks chilling on a beach on an all-inclusive.

I don't think HID could mentally manage 4 weeks of driving in the US. She freaks out a bit on the interstates what with the traffic coming from all directions.
Mind the first time we went it was with another couple, our three youngsters and thier two so I had a big Ford 12 seater van which was like a bus so I felt pretty secure against most traffic other than the 'Big Rigs'.

 

[Marino.g]

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Manchester to San Francisco then down the coast to LA, and onwards to San Diego. Back up to Palm Springs and the Grand Canyon. Las Vegas for a few nights then through Death Valley and up to Lake Tahoe. Yosemite national park and back to San Francisco to fly back home.

About 3000 miles driving all told but over 4 weeks, so it wasn't too hectic - I don't think Mrs GW and myself would have got too far on a tandem in that heat - 117F in Las Vegas, but at least the casinos have aircon

Brilliant holiday and a bit different to our normal 2 weeks chilling on a beach on an all-inclusive.

Similar trip to mine.
San Fran loved.
San Diego loved
Carmel loved
Monterey loved
Los Angeles traffic
Las Vegas loved if no longer than 3 or 4 days
Highlight meeting Clint Eastwood on his mission ranch at Carmel..

Didn't do Yosemite, is it worth doing ?

 

[Marino.g]

Forgot to mention that I've entered my first organised sportive with wiggle.
Quite local for me on the Saturday 9th September work permitting.

It's the mendip sportive 99 miles through cheddar gorge etc, is anyone else going.