[Raam]

Originally Posted by Hanley

ANyone?

It's my commute complete with lead car and fans.

[meercat]

Originally Posted by doozerie

Was in my back garden a few minutes ago and was attacked by a gang of midges. They looked a lot like the gang of midges that attacked me while cycling along Cruagh Road on Thursday night. Clearly the survivors followed me home. Beware, the dumbest insects in creation (why do you crawl into my eyes, you know you'll die in there right, having achieved no greater a feat in life than seriously f'ckin annoying me?) are getting organised. Be afraid, be very afraid.

reminded me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIHLTKGyJ58

[Diarmuid]

Originally Posted by buffalo

ffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkk you Garmin!

Four stages raced. How many actually recorded properly? A single ****ing stage.

Found my Garmin500 in the spare shoes that I was going to bring to the race. doh!

[manwithaplan]

Originally Posted by Crow92

Anyone else got caught in that torrential rain in Dublin?
Up there with the heaviest downpour I've cycled in.

Yep - at the start of my ride out to a race up near Drogheda. Luckily it wasn't cold so I was fine.

[Crow92]

Reading the bicycle and city traffic 1992 atm, just got it out of the library in college. I'll probably spout off any interesting facts I read in it over the next few days.

Fact 1:
Bicycles consume less energy per passenger mile(ppm) than any other mode of transport. (Lowe 1990)
Cycling:35 calories ppm.
Walking:100 Calories ppm.
Driving (1 occupant): 1,860 Calories ppm.

[AstraMonti]

Well.. I haven't seen this before on a tube LOL



Got a slow puncture, so took the tube out to see what's going on, I pump it up and started getting this.. funny

Edit.. and it gets better..

[BX 19]

Originally Posted by AstraMonti

Well.. I haven't seen this before on a tube LOL



Got a slow puncture, so took the tube out to see what's going on, I pump it up and started getting this.. funny

Edit.. and it gets better..

what sort of fancy tubes are blue?

[Vladimir Kurtains]

They're latex

[The tax man]

Astramonti will soon be available for kids parties. Ballon animals are his speciality. : )

[manafana]

lightweight tubes yeah?

[AstraMonti]

Not super light, they are around 80gr.

[BX 19]

Originally Posted by AstraMonti

Not super light, they are around 80gr.

Can you patch them like butyl tubes?

[kumate_champ07]

Originally Posted by BX 19

Can you patch them like butyl tubes?

no, I read somewhere you can use old latex tubes, cut a piece off as a patch and use carpet adhesive as a vulcaniser.

youre not supposed to pump those tubes past 15psi outside a tyre, its normal for them to make funny shapes like that but I think it might weaken the tube and be a potential problem in future use

[kumate_champ07]

I might fit michelin latex tubes this week, I remember noticing lower rolling resistance and less road vibration last time I had them but I had upgrade tyres at the same time too

[niceonetom]

Originally Posted by kumate_champ07

no, I read somewhere you can use old latex tubes, cut a piece off as a patch and use carpet adhesive as a vulcaniser.

I've patched several latex tubes exactly as I would butyl. Works just fine.