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Do you actually find much difference between a regular bar and the cowbells of the same width? To look at they don’t look drastically different enough to be worth the swap..
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That is a fair point... might do that, I do trust them where as the g-ones are - at least to me - an unknown quantity. Cheers!
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Me either, it was dumb luck!
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AFAIK, any ‘clincher’ whether tubeless or not can be run with a tube... tubeless trees are just a bit more of a ball ache to get on/off.
Cheers for the replies guys, probably go with g ones, will they wear faster on tarmac or are they pretty much built to cope with it like any other road tyre? That was one of my main concerns, I had a vague reccolection some people had said theirs had worn quite quickly, but I may be confusing it with another tyre in the same range.
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Need a bit of sage wisdom...
Doing a week of road touring next week, finishing with the dynamo, route is all tarmac as far as I know.
I’ve got a choice of a few different tyres, 25mm GP4ks, 28mm lifeline road armor’s or 30mm Schwalbe g-one Speed’s I got cheap. Tubeless isn’t an option because I’ve never ridden it before and I’m not using this week as a guinea pig.
Ideally I’d like to go bigger and run lower pressures, basically what I’m asking is are g one speeds good on tarmac? Or are they more of a tyre for 50/50 road/gravel rides. I’m sure they’re better tubeless but I’m sure they’ll be fine with tubes in. Easy option is the lifeline 28s but I’m sure the g ones are a lot nicer, and they’re a bit bigger.
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Still got a spare coach ticket? Might have a friend who’s interested.
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2nd dibs brakes!
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Anyone looking for a ‘bottle cage mover’, I found this on eBay and I’ve ordered one.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F152639344385
Appears to be a knock off version of the shimano one but in 6061, I’ll report back if it’s any good!
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No worries, it’s fair to say it’s a bit of a slog after the dynamo itself..
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Alternatively there’s still loads of bike spaces on the train from Ipswich
https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/form/dunwich-dynamo-reservation
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Malcolm at @cycleclinic will be able to sort you out I’d imagine.
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http://s.aliexpress.com/ia6fiuQZ
Tempted to give these a go, they’ve got enough good reviews. Big question is longevity I guess.
Edit- quick google search shows quite a lot of video reviews.. might have a look later on and maybe take a punt if it looks promising.
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Aliexpress to the rescue... I wasn't far off to be fair.
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Slightly left field;
What on earth are these kind of buckles called, and where can I buy them?
My various google searches have revealed nothing, I assumed they'd be called something like 'quick release ladder lock buckle'
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Coolio, cheers!
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Ah okey doke, I've seen the lotus stuff knocking about on eBay. Presumably it's the restrap 14L double roll bag? Just out of interest, what did you manage to get in it? Cheers.
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Bought two pairs of 'old style' jawbreakers from these guys recently, seem fine, same as the last two pairs I've had!
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What bar bag/roll is that? Looks fairly tidy.
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Ahh gotcha, had no idea re: Walmart/Rapha!
Got that was facetious ;) just had no idea why!
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Errr, you’ve lost me..
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Well not quite, they're sister companies, which is quite different to being the same product with a different name on it.
In the same way that a Skoda isn't a VW...
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Poor little bugger :( I've chucked a tenner in, hope he gets the treatment he needs. I know we'd want the same for either of ours.
LFGSS
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I took @spotter’s advice and bought a cheap lotus handlebar harness off ebay and added a restrap 14l dual ended drybag. Cost £30 total and have to say it works really really well. It has a strap that goes up and under your stem and back down so you can hoik the whole thing up away from your front tire.