And today I did......

[velofrog]

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progress so far, need a couple of bits from Monster Bike to complete, but should be finished this afternoon!

 

[RobMac]

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Just in from doing a very poor 15 miles, head wind or maybe not and now I can hardly keep my eyes open

 

[clubby]

Aye Rob, was a barsteward of a head wind today. Just back from 50 mile loop of Angus and wind steadily increased all ride. Was an absolute sod when we turned inland at Montrose. Had a headwind all the way across the way to Brechin and over to Forfar.

Very nice Velofrog! Love the forks.

 

[jimo746]

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progress so far, need a couple of bits from Monster Bike to complete, but should be finished this afternoon!

I Want!! :shock:

 

[firedfromthecircus]

Put some modern tyres on my oldest retro MTB. How much weight do you think you can save from a tyre and tube change?

 

[The History Man]

1kg

 

[clubby]

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I reckon you'd put weight on. Modern tyres are generally bigger and tougher than retro ones.

 

[epicyclo]

Aye Rob, was a barsteward of a head wind today....

We had that too. Went for a wee ride up to Loch Duntelchaig, so there was that barsteward headwind just in case we thought the 850' climb was too easy.

Fortunately the rain stopped us overheating.

 

[firedfromthecircus]

Only two guesses?

1kg

I reckon you'd put weight on. Modern tyres are generally bigger and tougher than retro ones.

THM takes it.
Nearly a kilo lost going from Nokian Hakkapellita and thick tubes to new fangled 650B WTB BeeLine tyres and normal Schwalbe 650 tubes. :shock:
Not that weight loss is an ideal on this bike but looking forward to seeing how it feels with the new rubber. Should be faster rolling as well as lighter.
A couple of pics of how it looks now.

 

[RobMac]

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And today I did......

Show us what you did today, thread