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I routinely run 80-85 front, and 85-90 rear....and I'm 195lbs. Anything more feels like I'm jackhammering off the pavement
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i run mine at 85-90 rear and 80-85 front. no bounce. but i am 140lbs, and i like my tires a bit softer than most.
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?? I ride them 75-8F and 85-90R and weigh 175ish. What bounce? Are you pedalling smoothly?
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Out of curiosity, how do you use Orange Seal when you first mount new tires? And how much to use? Would love a walkthrough of the process. Thanks!
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Sealant can be added when you actually puncture, or before hand to seal when you do puncture. Like a MTB tire. You add the sealant before and when you flat, the sealant is supposed to do it's magic. Some people frown upon this method, as they feel (Never factually proven), the sealant in your tire gives you a weird ride, etc.. I like adding the sealant at the point of puncture.. |
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That's what I always feared, so I never put sealant in the tire before a puncture. I always feel like it will become a glob of sticky goo in your tire.
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I dont either usually.
Paying top dollars for expenive tires and then filling them up with stuff even before you had a puncture just always felt wrong to me but its more effecient than afterwards.. |
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If the tire sits for a while without use you can "gunk up" the valve, which then requires pulling and cleaning. I usually top off the sealant when I feel the need, which again has no scientific fact nor basis behind my action. All that I can tell you is that the sealant works. |
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Not sure where you live, but this is my reality...
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Checking in
I've ridden tubulars x 24 years now and have no intention of ever riding clinchers. Also, Campy became my grouppo of choice about the same time. Record, baby! I have a 1995 Campy Athena front hub on Mavic that is still true and the Veloflex criterium tire is going on 14 years with original glue. I don't ride near as much after leaving UT (and goathead thorns) for the DC area. Still, only 2 flats in 15 years, both on Conti sprinters, what's not to love?
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Must be nice to live somewhere where you can go 15 years with only 2 flats. I'm not being snarky. I'm jealous. I get 2 flats a month.
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^(sub)urban legends
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You don't get flat tires if you don't ride.
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So MD
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Goathead thorn in UT use to give me fits as I rode a lot more back then. Pulling a well-adhered tubie off the rim in the hot sun was never fun, neither was the slow ride back home. |
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