On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 2:16:25 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-02-13 13:57, wrote:
On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 1:08:09 PM UTC-8, Joerg wrote:
On 2019-02-13 12:54, wrote:
On Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at 8:47:56 AM UTC-8, Joerg
wrote:
On 2019-02-11 15:05, Sir Ridesalot wrote:

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I find that better quality tires give better feel on and to
the road. Also in winter in snow quality REALLY trumps the el
cheapo tires on many bicycles. The knobs on el cheapo tires
freeze in the deep cold and then act like skate blades with
no traction at all. I found that out 50+ years ago whilst
winter commuting in Toronto Canada.


Vee Rubber didn't exist 50 years ago. Suggest to try again.

-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

I just ordered another pair of cheap Chinese carbon tubeless
wheels. Since I will have a set of new Continental GP5000TL's and
since MUCH to my surprise a tubeless tire actually is not as
tight on a tubeless rim as a standard clincher I am going to try
and blame my other carbon tubeless failures on the tires and not
on the wheelset.

So after I get everything and assemble them and REALLY check them
out for failures I will keep everyone apprised of how things are
going. The 40 mm deep clinchers at less than half of the cost of
a cheap Fulcrum aluminum wheelset us still working really well. I
really like both the way they ride and the far more aero design
that does NOTHING to destabilize the steering in cross-winds.

Fingers crossed.


Which reminds me, I also need a new wheel set for the old road bike
soon because the rims are worn from the brakes. Again. The spokes
are tired, the hubs are also getting old and the freehub is nearly
shot (again ...). To my dismay I found that Nashbar doesn't have
any wheel sets left. Looks like they are shutting down :-(

-- Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

The lower end Fulcrum wheels are great for you type of use ProBikeKit
carries the 7's and sometimes there's really good deals on the 4's. A
set of 4's that I got were bombproof.


Though except for the E-versions they don't have a lot of spokes, which
concerns me since I break a lot of spokes:

https://www.probikekit.com/brands/fu...search=Fulcrum

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

I haven't broken a spoke in so long I can't remember the last time I did so.