On my ride into work today I ran over a shard of glass. It penetrated my tire and tube, and is still firmly wedged in there. I'm pretty disappointed I won't be doing my weekly Thursday long ride after work. I'm also disappointed this tire only lasted three weeks and about 500 kms before the glass shredded it.
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On my ride into work today I ran over a shard of glass. It penetrated my tire and tube, and is still firmly wedged in there. I'm pretty disappointed I won't be doing my weekly Thursday long ride after work. I'm also disappointed this tire only lasted three weeks and about 500 kms before the glass shredded it.
I had bought a couple of them 18 months ago, and they had just sat gathering dust. The original tires on my Cervelo R3 had been fine sine I bought the bike in February 2012. Three weeks ago I ran over a rock and blew the tire and tube, so I switched to the Pro4s. Today I ran over glass and punctured it badly.
I had ordered some tires and tubes from ProBikeKit.ca, and they arrived yesterday so I'll be able to make the repair once I get home. I'm still disappointed.
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I don't really understand the allure of fancy tires. I have had plenty of success with various models of Vittoria Rubino, and they're pretty reasonable... what's the rationale?
MTB is a whole different thing but with road tires, I'm not getting it.
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I don't really understand the allure of fancy tires. I have had plenty of success with various models of Vittoria Rubino, and they're pretty reasonable... what's the rationale?
MTB is a whole different thing but with road tires, I'm not getting it.
From my experience, rolling around on something like a gatorskin or another comparable training tire compared to a race-level tire is a huge difference. The more expensive tires will be stickier (have more grip on the road surface), lighter (rolling resistance), and faster. On the other hand being that grippy usually means they pick up everything and give you a much higher chance to flat, so for training I wouldn't recommend them.
In the end when cornering or descending, the difference a grippy tire can make compared to a really stiff cheaper tire means a lot, especially on how much you can lean the bike. Plus they can be a bit faster, which is always good.
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From my experience, rolling around on something like a gatorskin or another comparable training tire compared to a race-level tire is a huge difference. The more expensive tires will be stickier (have more grip on the road surface), lighter (rolling resistance), and faster. On the other hand being that grippy usually means they pick up everything and give you a much higher chance to flat, so for training I wouldn't recommend them.
In the end when cornering or descending, the difference a grippy tire can make compared to a really stiff cheaper tire means a lot, especially on how much you can lean the bike. Plus they can be a bit faster, which is always good.
This is pretty close to my thoughts. I have Gatorskins on my Kona Zing and they are much slower than the Pro4s. They haven't had any flats yet, so that's nice. My R3 came with Vittoria Rubino Pro Slicks on it. They don't make that specific tire anymore but it looks like that tire is about 65% of the price of the Pro4s. The Vittorias were fine, but I wanted something a little better. The Pro4s gave me increased speed and the rolling resistance was noticeable. Hopefully they pay off when I am doing the Penticton fondo in July.
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Yah if the Pro4's are anything like the Michelin racing tires I raced years ago they were solid tires.
What distance are you doing? The courses they have designed are all solid and fun loops.
I'm doing the 160 km granfondo. I've heard from various people that it's one of the most fun rides they've done. I'm looking forward to it.
I did the 122 km Whistler granfondo in September, after signing up for it 12 days before the ride. My longest ride prior to the Whistler one was 52 km. At the 52km mark I was happy I had a new longest ride, except I still had 70 kms to go, and most of it was uphill. The last 52 kms (equal to my longest ride) are where 90% of the 1,800 m ascent is. I did it in 4:58 (4:51 moving time). I'm hoping with all the training I'm doing now that I can put up a good time in Penticton, and then get under 4:30 in Whistler in September.
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Do you need tools to fix your ride before going home? If you're downtown, I came home to Eau Claire for lunch. Dont mind lending out a pump and levers.
Do you need tools to fix your ride before going home? If you're downtown, I came home to Eau Claire for lunch. Dont mind lending out a pump and levers.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm in Vancouver.
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I'm doing the 160 km granfondo. I've heard from various people that it's one of the most fun rides they've done. I'm looking forward to it.
I did the 122 km Whistler granfondo in September, after signing up for it 12 days before the ride. My longest ride prior to the Whistler one was 52 km. At the 52km mark I was happy I had a new longest ride, except I still had 70 kms to go, and most of it was uphill. The last 52 kms (equal to my longest ride) are where 90% of the 1,800 m ascent is. I did it in 4:58 (4:51 moving time). I'm hoping with all the training I'm doing now that I can put up a good time in Penticton, and then get under 4:30 in Whistler in September.
Yah the roads out there are spectacular! I will say the fairview road is a bit tough when you are a 100k into a ride as its not the smoothest pavement so can be slightly soul sapping. The good thing is it runs the slightly downhill way.
Nice job, throwing down 122k is no small feat, specially with no training.
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My longest rides would have been around 100k - back in the day before I was married and had kids I used to routinely go for 4 hour rides on my mtn bike and cover off that distance on a combination of roads and dirt.
my longest mtn bike ride would have been mt. bachelor to bend - we covered off about 45 kms of dirt.
my longest ride these days on my commuter is about 36km which I can cover going to chetermere and back to my house.
I would like to take a day and do a lap around the city on that mattamay pathway - I am not sure what it's status is.
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Longest ride was one of the Ride to Conquer Cancer's, 130km, followed by 120km the next day.
Northendzone, the around the city route isn't done yet(obviously the west side has gaps), but I found the east side not very satisfying. Every interchange requires you to go west a ways, cross a road and go back. Sometimes on a sidewalk. Its so discontinuous that you can't get a good happy pace going. Maybe when it is totally done I'll give it another go just to say I've done it, but it's low on my list currently.
My longest day was 126km or something like that on this beast. 1992 Schwinn Impact Pro. I did 2,000km from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in 2014 in 29 days of cycling, which is only like 69km/day, but I was having a good time exploring and taking my time.
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