London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

i know they are bombproof and last for a while, but man these kept going and going. :O

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thats 9 layers!! zero punctures!!

looks like your anaconda has swallowed a goat.

gone through it yet?

That's pretty sweet. I just blew my rubino today, after about 2 months. They look somewhere between pic 4 and 5. Gonna have to ride with a rear slick for a couple of days.

nope, it's bulging in about 4 places and the tube is under that last layer.

Gnarly !
If/when my gators are fucked, i'm rolling on those.

you have these on your race bike, yeah Dale?

Did you do all that in one day? Damn you must be tired!

i got to about pic 6 before i shit myself cos i didnt have a spare...
still got it in my desk drawer though BIN £8 comes with hipster tyre wear.

that was a couple months of polo play

actually i have one on the rear of my race bike with my training wheels at the moment. waiting for a replacement. rubino pro's though on that.

After 11 months and 1 punture my roubaix armidillo Elite is showing some signs of wear but not the expected wear based on this thread as chunks are rapidly tearing them selves off the tyre, any one know if I should panic buy another tyre or can I expect the same longevity that doggy got whilst waiting for someone cheaper to deliver.

I just seem to be revealing stitching at the stage so suspect I have another layer to get through, but haven't got to this stage in one of these before.

how grippy are these tyres? are they fuckers to skid on like gatorskins?

i am currently getting a whole 3/4 weeks out of a 28c randeonuer..... which is a bit annoying, but at 11 quid each i cant really complain.

Not very grippy, Rob... Mine didn't wear as evenly as that and started delaminating once they'd started to wear through the first layer and been in the rain a coupla times... Easy to skid tho'...

The roubaix's are grippy but skid nicely, I managed about 10 meters down a hill today, only complaint is that the sidewalls are completely inflexible so give a bit of a harsh ride....

You spend £11/month on tyres?

And you have the nerve to question people (stupidly) spending £££ on bi-curious allen keys?

I suppose your dangler enterprise pays for it all - how's that coming along, BTW?

Rob just got served...

Well now that's over can someone answer my question?

A decent tyre should last a couple of years. Seeing as Armadillo's are shit, I'd change it now.

I call you a fixie skidder in jest a while ago, but after hearing that an Randonneur only last a month for you, you're definitely a fixie skidder.

1 month? fucking hell, do you skid everytime you need to slow down??

Change it, mine wore down in the same way yours did...

Shutup, Ed...

I'm not sure what's worse. Being branded a fixie skidder who spends too much on tyres by wearing them out, or being called that by someone who spends the same amount of money on stuff that barely gets used.

£8 in crc sale, vittoria zaffiro pro in blue. Fucking great tyres.

Haven't seen them in blue but based on a quick google you can get them for £5.60 at various online shops

Brake pads £6. Pre-emptive slowing = £0.

this is my armadillo in panama
http://www.flickr.com/photos/75154160@N00/1339761701/
probably more susceptible to what the road throws at it...

We can't see it.

yeah, it's telling me to log in to yahoo for some reason..

Permissons issue. Here's a picture of the Panama Canal instead:

I don't understand - new to this... how do i upload a photo?
BTW my panama canal photos shit all over that.... the video is a tad slow and boring though.

Bang!

my statement about the bi-curious allen keys still stands though.

Good. You were like bare right and shit about that one.

My question about the danglers still stands though...

thanks for you helpful input there Ed. as always.

i never denied being a 'fixie skidder' as you lovingly call us.... i just questioned you god-like knowledge of "genuine track geometry".... seeing as you've never actually ridden on the track.

or to put it simply... shut up, Ed.

go back to scaring off newbies and taking the piss out of people who have just had their bike nicked for using a less-than perfect lock.

and i'm sure there are a few Charge products out there that you haven't done adequate research on yet too.

please email my boss and tell him to employ someone else to help me do the work of 3 normal people, then i might get a lunch break in the next two weeks, and be able to finish them off!


good things come to those who wait....... apparently.

PM me his address. Not his email address. His postal address. I'll go and sort him out.

Thanks wibble... I feel newly empowered.

i already sent the heavies round twice, but he just made them go to sleep with talk of double height atriums, and cantilevered roof structures.

i could give you the address if you want, but i fear you may return sounding like a second rate Kevin McCloud.

I'll retaliate with an in-depth look at power-to-weight ratio, and the cross-cultural psycholinguistic implications of preposition usage.

no worries.. Nice floating armadillo you've pictured there

It was running. Away from me and onto the road. Go figure.

i find the dillo's very sticky!
i was also about to replace mine - but seeing your photos makes me realise i have another 6 months in them!

It wanted to do a skid.

WTF's a fixie skidder?

it's Ed's favorate new saying.

thats an old saying.. move on you hipsters!

It's all about fixie-mincers this season...

i did a skid on sunday
not all they are cracked up to be to imho
cheers
dicki