Well,the new wheels arrived from Hunts. They look great, and they're light AF, but jesus christ am I having issues.
All went swimmingly moving the cassette over and re-indexing gears. It was difficult to get the tyres(Michelin pro Endurance 4's) on to the wheels initially so I used a tyre lever as a bit of help. Turns out in both cases I'd pinched the inner tube when I did this and had to replace both inner tubes. Nice one!
So, on to inner tube 3, I managed to do the same, so I was like right, ok, no tyre levers. (this is 3 hours in to it, now)
At some point in the day I'd noticed my (almost brand new) track pump from decathlon isn't registering any pressure until about 30 psi, then it was registering ok, so i assumed it was working fine once above 30psi.
4th and 5th inner tubes we're at now. I've got a blister on my thumb from struggling so much to get the tyres on to the wheels, I'm pissed off already, I just want it done so I can actually ride them before winter.
So we go again, no tyre levers, get the tyres on and tentatively pump them up. Success! They're holding air!
So, on to the bike we go, and start pumping up. Nothing until about 30 psi on the pump, then it registers ok. Right, shall i go 90 psi? Nah i normally go 100 on my others, so we'll go 100. 100 on each, lovely. Put the cap on the rear *BANG* and an unmistakable rush of air. fark off.
I don't know exactly what happened, but it sounds as if the valve gave way.
Now i'm beyond pissed off, just completely fed up. I'm venting to a friend about how I cannot be farked, fed up etc. *BANG*, Another unmistakable rush of air. The front had decided it didn't want air in it either.
Cheers, Nice one.
5 inner tubes punctured so far and I still don't have a set of usable wheels. I wanted to see what had happened in the front but I can't even get the tyre off now so this shoot will wait until another day. Probably farking April when the weather picks up.
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