Winter Bike Set Up !!!!
starcher
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Hi well itys appears what summer we had has now gone so i was gonna get my bike ready for winter as i cant afford a second winter steed.
Could anyone recommend any good winter tyre choices should i stay with Slicks or do i go for some of the all weather tyre with a tread pattern. is it worth changing the wheels ?
Is there anything else i should do to protect my bike through winter?
all help appreciated cheers
Could anyone recommend any good winter tyre choices should i stay with Slicks or do i go for some of the all weather tyre with a tread pattern. is it worth changing the wheels ?
Is there anything else i should do to protect my bike through winter?
all help appreciated cheers
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the summer was great August 23rd i think it was.
Sorry, to be semi serious, in the winter I go with a set of (forgive the spelling) Specialized Armadilo's 23c. run the pressure at about 90-100psi. only had one little spill last year but that was my fault not the tyres.
As for care of the bike, GT85 spray on the chain after every wash, and wash after every outing, bit of a drag but there you go. As an aside (always wanted to use that phrase) I have just gone for a compact chainset to ease the pressure of fighting against headwinds, Wow what a difference, very little loss of speed but can control my heart rate and cadence so much better in this S##t weather. Sorry slightly inclement weather we appear to be experiencing at the moment.
There are some fantastic deals around at the moment too if you know what i mean wiggle wiggle..pbk..
Good luck and happy pedaling.
They are heavy, but i love them. I was going to put slick tyres on for the summer but kept to these. I have done high pace training sessions on these and can keep up with people.
Mudguards is what my next investment will be, but the treaded tyres dont appear to get your arse as wet as slicks do in the wet.
Just plenty of lube during the winter, keep clean (especially braking surfaces.) But sometimes the weather cant be helped. In the floods the start of the year i instantly killed my rear wheel bearing....£180 wheels....£7 for bearing though.
I have found that you'll get two (hard) Winters out of a bike. After the second Winter I found it was easier and more exciting to buy a new bike than to replace the worn out parts which were obselete. I put the old bike out to the turbo trainer
My hack/winter bike has done all of its miles on the orignal chain, block, brakes, tyres. I would lover to measure my old chain against a new one!! I think you can see how stretched it is by looking[8D]
I will definatly go for a fixed bike next as my workhorse.
Not nxt year though, I will be getting my cervelo built for me in about 3/4 weeks!
When my rear bearing went it caused my chain to flip off everytime i stopped pedalling.....of course took a while to notice as i dont freewheel very often....[;)]