Anyone here in Colorado?

[herb5998]

I'm down for a member ride for sure.


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[Mr. Pink]

The more I think about it, I would just suggest reading Velotel's posts about riding in the French Alps, and travel there instead of high Colorado. Much larger network of very well maintained roads with little traffic. Better food. Airfare isn't too bad these days, not much more than flying to Denver.

[Neil]

We have an office in Paris, it's not a 45 minute ride to the mountains from there, it is from our office in Broomfield.

Different type of terrain as well, the Alps are a lot younger, and the altitude difference is significant.

I wouldn't put one above the other, but I'm landing in Denver tomorrow, so that's where I'll be riding this weekend.

[velofinds]

Originally Posted by Neil

Different type of terrain as well, the Alps are a lot younger, and the altitude difference is significant.

I'd be interested in hearing more about this, though I get the general idea. When I think of the Alps, here's what comes to mind (stereotypical, but gets the point across):



Very different from the Rocky Mountain Range, obviously.

[Neil]

Flagstaff/Grossdam loop today, total insta-flat at the back coming down out of the front range, I now need a new tub, some cement and a brush- Vecchios?

[Neil]

Guy in Vecchios- lovely chap, really helpful, pleasure to deal with.
Guy in Excel- very grumpy, edging on outright rude.

I wish I could have got the tyre I wanted from Vecchios, but there you go.

Now, where can I find an old tubular rim to stretch this tyre?

[pbarry]

Originally Posted by Neil

Guy in Vecchios- lovely chap, really helpful, pleasure to deal with.
Guy in Excel- very grumpy, edging on outright rude.

I wish I could have got the tyre I wanted from Vecchios, but there you go.

Now, where can I find an old tubular rim to stretch this tyre?

Community Cycles in Boulder has some tubie rims upstairs, at the intersection of the fork and tire areas.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Neil

Flagstaff/Grossdam loop today, total insta-flat at the back coming down out of the front range, I now need a new tub, some cement and a brush- Vecchios?

Better hurry, closed Sunday.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Neil

Guy in Vecchios- lovely chap, really helpful, pleasure to deal with.
Guy in Excel- very grumpy, edging on outright rude.

I wish I could have got the tyre I wanted from Vecchios, but there you go.

Now, where can I find an old tubular rim to stretch this tyre?

Grumpy at Excel? Shocking

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Neil

Guy in Vecchios- lovely chap, really helpful, pleasure to deal with.
Guy in Excel- very grumpy, edging on outright rude.

I wish I could have got the tyre I wanted from Vecchios, but there you go.

Now, where can I find an old tubular rim to stretch this tyre?

Stretch on the wheel yer gonna use.

[Neil]

The tub I bought from Excel will be the new spare, I was going to strip old spare back off the rim it got put on earlier to get me home, glue it and stick it back on again for tommorow. That leaves me with an unstretched spare however, which is sub optimal. How hard would it be to mount an unstretched sprinter gatorskin, if it comes down to it? On a Nemesis. I know one way to find out.

[pbarry]

Originally Posted by Neil

The tub I bought from Excel will be the new spare, I was going to strip old spare back off the rim it got put on earlier to get me home, glue it and stick it back on again for tommorow. That leaves me with an unstretched spare however, which is sub optimal. How hard would it be to mount an unstretched sprinter gatorskin, if it comes down to it? On a Nemesis. I know one way to find out.

That was the special tire you went to excel for??

Put a layer of glue on the new tire, and let dry for a day, overnight will do. Fold it up until needed, then unfold and stretch it with one end of the tire under your feet, and the other in your hands. Rotate 30 degrees and keep stretching. A few ticks past firm. Maybe two times around.

[Neil]

Matches the others, I've brought my training bike with me this time, although the 53/39 with 11-28 was a choice I had quite some time to think about today.

I've stripped the old spare off, the new spare is stretching currently, I'll go and find some dinner, watch drug adverts interspersed with BBC wildlife documentaries, then whip the spare off, glue that, glue the old spare, bang the old spare on, and then in the morning fold up the new spare and stick it under the saddle.

[Scuzzer]

Originally Posted by Neil

Flagstaff/Grossdam loop today, total insta-flat at the back coming down out of the front range

The railroad tracks just past 93 frequently get me or maybe it's just the general quantity of road trash in that area.

Originally Posted by Neil

Now, where can I find an old tubular rim to stretch this tyre?

Wish I'd seen this earlier, I would have driven over a stretching wheel for you.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Neil

The tub I bought from Excel will be the new spare, I was going to strip old spare back off the rim it got put on earlier to get me home, glue it and stick it back on again for tommorow. That leaves me with an unstretched spare however, which is sub optimal. How hard would it be to mount an unstretched sprinter gatorskin, if it comes down to it? On a Nemesis. I know one way to find out.

Pretty hard..put your foot in and pull, all around, gently but with 'meaning'..not recommended, can tear the base tape. Vecchio's didn't have any Sprinters? Or did ya want a Gatorskin? I can get you a rim tomorrow..nanny today tho. Unless you are in Boukder today, Sunday..I'll be around later, like about 11ish..I'll give ya a rim to stretch.