Posts Tagged ‘ Tyres ’

The Joy of Slicks*

The Joy of Slicks*

I’m always puzzled whenever I see someone riding a so-called “mountain bike” along the street. These things are frequently supermarket models, with frames made from girders, useless & heavy suspension, brakes & gear components made from Kraft cheese, and they all seem to be fitted with super-knobbly tyres. You can usually hear these bikes coming...
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Visited By The Puncture Fairy AGAIN

I went for pretty much six months without a single flat. Then the post-Christmas weather sent everyone’s recycling bins blowing along our back alley (not a euphemism), scattering broken glass everywhere. In the last two weeks I’ve had five flats, including this morning… …A puncture in my Pashley’s Schwalbe Marathon Plus rear tyre I’ve had this...
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Grand Theft Bicycle

After the earlier post about a cyclist getting pinned between two vehicles (and lucky to walk away), how about this one - a similar manoeuvre, but this time it’s not the bike that gets the sticky end: There have been stories again in the press about doping in professional cycling, and the rider in this...
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