Needed to buy a replacement tube to fit to my back wheel.
Browsing wiggle the 700x28/38c specialised stuff was out of stock, so I had a gander into bargains.
Found that they were offering Continental Contact Sport Tyres with 1 year anti-puncture guarantee, and inner tube in 700x37c (should fit) for Ã,£14.99 each.
Decided to take them up on the offer, and bought two. :)
(http://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/conti%20sport%20contact.jpg) SLICKAGE!!! :D Slickest tyres Ill have ever owned :D
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/Default.aspx?Main=ProductDetail.aspx&W=0&Manufacturer=&UberCatName=&Cat=bargain&CategoryName=Tyres%20-%20Hybrid&ProdID=5360008375&UberCat=0 << for specs. Seems a good deal. :) Cant wait now. Gonna take my two wheels to the bike shop for truing (cannot be arsed to do it myself... mainly because itll take 3 weeks and Ill never ever manage to ride my damn bike again and its doing my nut in), also gonna sort that derailier issue out by shoving it at the bike shop and going "er... I tried fixing it with my microadjuster but it broked more."
Time to get my arse moving, I want to ride while its still nice bloody weather.
15 squid a wheel is a lotta cabbage for city bike tires. Lets hope those pups hold up to the hype. Contis never sit on the fence. They are either absolute dogsh*t, or they last forever. Yes kids its Lotto Time! :lol: Still, they were cheaper than the Pasela TG I usually recomend for folk with puncture problems. :P First slick I have ever seen with a dynamo track! :lol:
true, but they are guaranteed for a year, and they come inclusive of tubes, so at least Ã,£15 = 1 full year of use at minimum :) Ill feel that Ill have got me monies worth at least :)
Check the sidewall and see if they are made in Thailand. If not, exhale. Conti has or had a factory making head-scratchingly piss poor tires for several years, mainly at the bottom end, like the Conti Sport.
The Paselas I wouldda recommended cost 18 pounds over there! :lol: And me with my 0.67 dollar tires. :lol:
http://www.tekforums.co.uk/posts/list/2983.page
Im looking at some Maxxis Hookworms for my urban riding.
Yeah baby, tread all the way to the rim.
Quote from: soopahflyIm looking at some Maxxis Hookworms for my urban riding.
Yeah baby, tread all the way to the rim.
Maxxis is just the marketing name for Cheng Shin, same maker in Taiwan that does the rubber on my single speed and a whole lotta OEM stuff under various brand names. They make excellent tires--or even total sh*te if thats what a customer specs.
The Hookworms tread is total hype, but it doesnt hurt, so if you think it looks snazzy, go for it. Ive never ridden it, so cant have a comment other than Ive had really great tires come from Maxxis (Cheng Shin). For 26" wheels in the city, I usually recommend Kenda Quests as they tread is thick and glass resistant. Tom Slicks and and Avocet Fasgrips are great as well, the latter being obscenely overpriced these days. People in the states should just get some
Forte 1.25" slicks and call it a day.
They arent really for commuting on, they are for me to hit the skate parks and other urban assault (Granny slalom and Fuzz avoidance)
Really get the bike banked over and they dont let go. Got some on my old bike and they were ace.
And I was struggling to justify Ã,£15 for a full set of Vittoria tyres, tubes and rimtapes :D
Im umming and ahing over whether to replace the sh*tty deep tread 700cx25s on my SS with some nice ones to match the paintwork
(http://www.probikeoutlet.com/images/robino.jpg)
8)
Colored tires use silica instead of carbon black. Cornering on them *can* be dicey (or perfectly OK if theyre manufactured right). ;)
Good price on the Vittorias, though. Id trust them more than a no name yellow tire.
Ive got the same tyres but in white on my Ribble, and theyve got phenomenal grip. Plus they look the tits 8)
itsafact mate... coloured tyres make your bike faster ;) lol.
Id go for it mate theyd look great on the yellow rebel that youve got.
Er... Ive been drinking however so judgement is impaired! :| lol.
Kids today :roll: :lol:
Quote from: M3ta7h3aditsafact mate... coloured tyres make your bike faster ;) lol.
Id go for it mate theyd look great on the yellow rebel that youve got.
Er... Ive been drinking however so judgement is impaired! :| lol.
Red makes things faster. :slap: :lol:
I wouldnt mind getting a set of those Contis and giving them a whorl. Not found stateside. :( I wasnt kidding about the dynamo track, its a good thing--got me nice
Danish Basta Treo generator light on the front of the Brodie and could use it. The current WTB tires have proven to be dogsh*t. Conti still needs to make it up to me for that set of super sports I messengered on in 2000, ten flats per week! :shock:
nice double / triple posting there everyone :lol: problem with the forum?
I am liking my Continental Ultra 2000s.
not had a single puncture :)
friend of mine had a fair few on whatever his were and upgraded to continental grand prix 4000s and has not had a single puncture since.
8)
lol I was drunk in my defence! :D lol.
Think it was taking too long for my liking so naturally the drunken common sense thing to do was to mash the buttons until something happened :D lol.
Well impressed with wiggle according to their order tracker, my goods were dispatched yesterday afternoon, and are currently awaiting delivery in the cardiff delivery office. I should have them by the time I finish work this morning! :D
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! :D
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 :D so im now a brand boy! :D 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! :D lol just need a presta compatible pump.
Topeak Joe Blow
(http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/acatalog/JoeBlowSport.JPG)
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 :D 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 :D lol.
Looking for a minipump, and may plump up Ã,£19.99 for the Cyclaire :)
(http://www.wiggle.co.uk/images/cyclaire%20pump%20without%20case.jpg)
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? :o
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... :!: :roll: :lol: :shock:
Quote from: funkychicken9000wait a sec - are you saying you didnt try pumping it up? :o
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 :)
Get whatever floor pump is on sale, when the head wears out, upgrade to a brass Silca chuck. Same goes for frame/mini: if youve got the dough, grab a Zefal Hpx, if not, just get whatever, its not like you should be using the mini much anyway. Some small pumps make you suffer, but if you didnt know that cycling is about who can suffer most...well I dont know HOW you can underzrand Le Tour. :rolleyes:
Woot! :) Pump arrived today.
Fitted the tyres in about 5 minutes, from "being too big" to "BUGGERING ELL! GET ON THE BLOODY RIM YOU BLOODY TYRE" it did go :)
Understood that you had to pump the tube up a little then kinda "force" the tyre into the rim with the palms of your hands. Was a tight fit in the end.
Ahhh they look swish they do :) yellow labelly stuffs too :D lol. Shall take a pic once Ive refitted the wheels to the frame :D
The cyclaire pump, it lives up to its name.
Came with a saddle mini wedge pack for it, with an extra zip pocket underneath that looks like itll fit some tyre levers plus a multitool. Nice touch also is the rubber bung underneath the pump, conceals two self adhesive patches, now I know they arent worth the rubber their made from but might just be enough to just get me home until I can patch it properly should I have a puncture :).
I reckon the cable pull on it is about 6ft long, I was pulling it from waist to above my shoulders without any issues of hitting the end of it.
Ease of pumping 0-60psi is done in about 10-20 seconds, after that point it was a slog to 80psi. Dont get me wrong, it did it with ease, but while "pull cord" technology seems like a good idea on paper, and the dual pumping action (it pumps on the pull out, and the reel in so you get a free pump) is great, moving your arm soon gets bloody knackering after doing one tyre, requires a lot more effort than stamping on a foot pump, but I think itd be better than any of the hand pumpy mini pumps that it is intended to compete with.
Overall im glad I bought it, because it means I can pack my entire toolkit in a nice saddle wedge, and just leave home, as opposed to using my panniers to carry anything, or lugging a rucksack.