London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

I cant upgrade to skinny jeans :-(

I have fat calves....

And real legs

and junk in the trunk

Jeggings.

Lies!!!

noodles in jeggings... hmmmm

more aero but you run a greater risk of getting a teste caught between crotch and saddle... also, nowhere to store emergency quavers without turning them into a fine powder of dehydrogenated potato and artificial flavourings. The advantage to this however is that they can be snorted a la boonen for a more rapid energy boost.

Stonhedge and 6pt mock me about my non-aero arms...

I feel the shame

Jeggings dont have proper pockets.

Topman type skinny stretchy jeans are also all low rise, so barely accommodate the thighs and arse of anyone athletic.

Stretchy carrot fits FTW. hard to find the right combo, but so perfect.

I'm a 28" or 30" waist but have to go for a 32" to fit my cyclo-thighs :/

Im a 32" waist but have upto 38" trousers! But seriously, nothing has fit as good as carrot (sometimes called slouch) fit. They are intended for hipster weapons to wear with the crotch at their knees, looking all daft and oddly proportioned. But wear them at normal height and they are like tailored trousers. The calve part is tight enough that it wont get caught in your chain.

needs more science.

I'm pretty much in hot pants, even in this unpredictable weather. Skinnies remain for the evenings. Topman super stretch were good, can still fit into those.

^

Repped.

lol!

Boo!

What the fuck IS this thread?

Interesting thread.
An article by Frank Berto a few years back in Bicyle Quarterly suggests a 15% tyre deflection as being the ideal when riding (with whatever load) Along with that ensuring you have the correct tyre pressures front & rear taking into account the way you are loaded is fairly important too.
There is a tyre pressure calc here http://www.biketinker.com/2010/bike-...-for-bicycles/ that takes into account tyre size, total weight(rider/load & bike) & load distribution
it's a very handy tool to optimise your pressures and one that you can store all your bikes tyres on so you can make easy comparisons/adjustments taking into account varying loads etc.
As per the diagram below (& the excel sheet per the link) more load/mass is over the rear tyre (hence rear tyres wear faster) so running a wider tyre at the rear makes sense in any case.
According to the venerable Sheldon Brown & others having a wider front tyre gives you a little bit more shock absorbancy & a bit better traction into corners

This thread was missing a good bit of graphing. i'm glad to see that in amongst all that science speak they still find a bit of time for animals too. i like pets.

At first glance i thought the title read ' 'Upgrading' to skinny jeans pointless for London commuting '

^or even post no.10 in this thread, FFS.

Read whole threads. ffs. ridiculous.

ffs

You could almost mistake the phrase 'skinny tyres' for 'skinny jeans', couldn't you, omg lol wtf, FFS.

I know, I'm putting down a deposit for an audax bike that accept 42c tyres with mudguard.

fruity minge.

syrupy twat.

fructose laden flange.

sugary slit.

necatar node.

you get the picture.

Or do you, you glucose filled axe-gash?

Jean is shorter than Brutus but taller than Imhotep. Imhotep is taller than Jean, but shorter than Lord Scotland. Lord Scotland is twice the height of Jean and Brutus combined but only one-tenth of the height of Millsy. Millsy is at a constant height of x − y. If Jean stands exactly one nautical mile away from Lord Scotland, how tall is Imhotep?

Imhotep is dead. Didn't you watch "The Mummy II"?

i've just wasted twenty minutes of my life reading this utterly useless thread... right, laps of swains lane to get me back to norm..

The title of this thread already states it's usefulness.

The Daily Nihilist evening edition front page:

'Useless action useless for useless activity shocker-lots of useless speculation and pointless anecdotes horror ensues'

Wrong. Imhotep is invisible.

Oh you retrogrouch.

pah... humbug ;-)

http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/...5c-tire_218011

That article hints at why I'm sticking with 23s for now:

i) My rims are 19mm on both my 'high mileage' bikes
ii) I'm 64kg
iii) I already run 'low' pressures without squirminess or snakebitiness (~85f, ~90r)
iv) I've got a small stock of 23s to get through that won't outlast the rims

So until rim/wheel replacement time, 25s are not going to happen; apart from where they already are on my winter trainer, for ultra-cushiness and added rolling resistance.

surely you can bang out a 25 on a 19mm rim pretty easy???

^failing to understand the point

he has a supply of 23 tyres, and the big tyre on a narrow rim affords little advantage given his weight, and accurate control of tyre pressure

Ah the light weight thing. Didn't notice that...
The article was implying that a 25 tubular can be a bit unstable, so they use a wider rim. Presumably this is of less consequence on a clincher though?

I was thinking, 10% wider isn't much really, but I forgot that you'll actually have about 20% more air in a 25mm tyre (Pi squared R).

I'd like to try like-for-like, so maybe my 23mm GP4000S tyres versus the wider equivalent.