Awwww... I read it wrong

Collection Date:
 28/07/2006
 Coll Type:
 Regular  

 
 Due Date:
 31/07/2006

Its in the cardiff del office "awaiting delivery" but wont be here until monday! Which means I wont be able to do anything until Wednesday and thats if im not busy, which means Saturday next weekend is when I can probably get around to fitting them.

AAAAAARRRGGGHHH

This is doing my nut in!!! I miss my bloody bike, I want to ride the damn thing!, Was even contemplating doing a 20 mile ride around me town just taking roads that take my fancy after I rode back from work tomorrow.

But now!!! I cant even ride into work tomorrow which will cost me another Ã,£20 bloody quid for a taxi. AAAAHHHHHHHHH I WANNA RIDE MY BICYCLE I WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE!

Spose I could take the wheels to the bikeshop and get them trued today, but AAAARRGGHH I JUST WANT TO RIDE MY BIKE!

Righty!!! they arrived!

The tread pattern on them is basically slick, there "water channel" thing is less pronounced than the mold pips on the tyre. I cant actually feel the groove with my fingertips.

Had a feel for the Puncture protection too. Old tyre I can squidge it quite happily between finger and thumb. This one is like steel... could be because its new but definately feels "beefier" like a rock would have a hard time getting through.

Just noticed also they come with lovely orange printing on the tyres rofl so im now a brand boy! lol.. damn things.

Shall be time to fit them sometime soon, hopefully Ill get it done tomorrow.

Oh and side note. Just bought Cyclecraft and the Haynes Bike Book too on amazon for about Ã,£8 each.

http://www.parktool.com/repair/ tells you pretty much all you need really

So you own? or have read a copy of the haynes bike book? and of cyclecraft?

Because the Park tool website doesnt cover any of the content of cyclecraft. Haynes bike book... it does sort of, but it is a long advertisement for their own products, and requires me to either be online, or print out the pages of information. Its also quite limited.

Saying "such and such tells you all you need to know" is bollocks at the end of the day, if I googled hard enough I could find out how to make a nuclear bomb in my shed, but doesnt mean a book written by a guy who builds them regularly has no use.

And latest news... tyres are too f**king big for my f**king bike.

Old tyres have: 700X38c stamped on the side.
Contis have: 28x 1 3/8" stamped on the side which translates to 711 x 37

Wiggle sell them as 700x37.

HOW IN THE HELL DO I TELL IF A TYRE  WILL FIT MY BIKE IF WIGGLE MISLABELS PRODUCTS AND F**KING INNER TUBES SAYING 700X38 DONT FIT 38!!

The rim tape on the rim states: 700X12 which I assume is the width of the rimtape + diameter. So why the hell cant I just buy tyres that bloody fit.

im just f**king pissed off.

EVERYTHING ON THIS F**KING BIKE TURNS INTO AN ARSECHORE OF COMPLETE sh*tE.

EVERYTHING TAKES 10 TIMES LONGER, EVERYTHING FKS UP.

in my current mood I want to smash the bike into a thousand pieces and tell the world to f**k cycling. Perhaps kill a few of the smug bastards flying around on nice bikes, while im stuck with what amounts to a f**king pile of bits.

FFS.

ALL I WANTED TO F**KING DO WAS CHANGE THE BASTARD INNER TUBE.

Calm down, calm down.

Firstly, theres no need to jump down my throat when Im trying to be helpful and reccomend a resource.  Ive found it tells you all the stuff that you really need, what it doesnt tell you is usually common sense or obvious.  If it doesnt suit you, dont use it.

Secondly, if you ordered a 700c tyre and recieved a 28" one, then wiggle have sent you the wrong tyres.  Ring them up and tell them, and theyll probably ship you out some new ones.  The world isnt ending, youve just been hit with a spot of bad luck.  Everything will be just fine in the end, just means your bike will be out of action for a day or two more.  You could always just take it to a bike shop and get some tyres there?  You wont lose much money.

aye apologies mate, shouldnt have jumped at you.

Calmed down a bit after yelling swear words at the bike, and did a bit of a comparison.

The tyres are the same diameter (28inches is about bang on apparantly), but while on one section the contis are the right size (the dynamo track is on the sidewall, and they are similar width to the old tyres), the majority of the tyre seems "fat" the dynamo track looks like extra side grip running alongside the slick section, as opposed to on the sidewall.

I think this is causing my problem. Any ideas?

In all fairness, Id have just gone to my LBS to get things like tyres and tubes, unless Im after something specific.

Right, having never dealt with tyres before of any sort I was completely unaware how they were mate

Turns out they are the correct size, just during transport the beads in the tyre can cause the tyres shape to be pulled in any random manner.

Recommended not to actually force the tyre back into shape by hand as I could damage the beads... but rather just persevere and fit it to the wheel, partially inflate the innertube, and fit the rest to the wheel which will make its shape suit my bike more

So.... all solved! lol just need a presta compatible pump.

Topeak Joe Blow



About Ã,£20something.

just about the best bike pump Ive ever used...

heck I even check my car tyres with it, the gauge is more than accurate enough its got Presta and standard (dunno what they are called)

made of metal. goes to silly PSI. buy one - simple as that.

gets my Racer (700x23) from 60PSI to 115 or so in 6 or so pumps? maybe a bit more. in other words dead fast you just see the PSI gauge shoot on round and your done, pop the lockable thingy off ya valve and the Presta does its thing by keeping the air in. jobs a goodn

Bit difficult to fit that in a wedge pack on my bike mate lol.

Looking for a minipump, and may plump up Ã,£19.99 for the Cyclaire



http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?W=0&Manufacturer=&UberCatName=&Cat=cycle&CategoryName=Pumps - Mini&ProdID=5360018252&UberCat=0

Correction... make that... Just bought.

wait a sec - are you saying you didnt try pumping it up?  

As for pumps, I got a Topeak mini master blaster off ebay secondhand for a few squid and its alright, but I still think Im going to invest in a track pump.  Sooooo much easier.

bloody hell fire.......

ITS A PUMP you ponces...

any pump will do!!!! ive had to inflate the tyres on my bike before a race using a Zefal plastic jobby, it did the job...  :!:      :shock:

Quote from: funkychicken9000wait a sec - are you saying you didnt try pumping it up?  

As for pumps, I got a Topeak mini master blaster off ebay secondhand for a few squid and its alright, but I still think Im going to invest in a track pump.  Sooooo much easier.

Yeah... well sort of. I couldnt pump it up by pump, so I blew some air into the tube with good ol lung power. Held the circular shape of the tube but couldnt get it up enough to hold the wheel on obviously