Souplesse Casings and Bike Soup - The Tire Thread

yonderboy · July 25, 2020, 11:06pm

It me.

karl_dandleton · July 25, 2020, 11:55pm

this, but i kinda swizzle the hot spoke around so they the valve gasket doesn’t really have to stretch anything too much

Rusty_Piton · July 25, 2020, 11:57pm

Yeah I’ve found that since the tape doesn’t really stretch, if the hole you make is too small you get a big leaky tear like Luke described.

Bootus · July 26, 2020, 1:39am

I’ve done the hot awl poke, then cleaned it up by running an xacto knife around the hole. Seems to have worked out okay so far.

Face · July 26, 2020, 2:43am

I used to get all fancy with a hot sharpened spoke, then quickly jamming the valve in while it was still warm. Now it’s poke it and send it.

BEEutiful_Wednesday_DDS · July 26, 2020, 10:44am

I poke with a metal pick. Not hot, doesn’t matter. I usually poke from the spoke side so that I don’t end up off center

iwillbe · July 26, 2020, 1:28pm

I just smash the valve through the tape and then tighten it down and THEN I have lots of unexplained slow leaks. That’s showbiz, baybeee

stumphumper · July 26, 2020, 6:47pm

Wow I can’t believe how fragile the sidewalls on GP4K2s are. I will keep riding the set that is still mounted but are the 5K any better?

LASER_BEIGE · July 28, 2020, 4:04pm

???

stumphumper · July 28, 2020, 4:27pm

They’re very delicate and scratch up easily. People report the sidewalls getting cut and worn before the tread

LASER_BEIGE · July 28, 2020, 5:55pm

Not in my experience?

I had a set for way too long and they squared out before the sidewalks went

karl_dandleton · July 29, 2020, 12:03am

supple lyfe man. the gp4kiis was a phenomenal road tire. it’s just a road tire though.

jeffro · August 1, 2020, 2:35pm

Really enjoying the Thunder Butts on my dumb parts bin camper bike.

Jacobell · August 2, 2020, 3:14pm

Very lucky that these exposures measure 30.00, which is exactly what Shimano rates this brake to

cheese · August 2, 2020, 4:32pm

oof I love that

yonderboy · August 2, 2020, 6:00pm

tukt

Emor_please · August 2, 2020, 6:11pm

That’ll make some noize when it’s wet

yonderboy · August 2, 2020, 6:13pm

My front fender has maybe about 5 mm of clearance. It’s kinda comical when I suck up some leaves or something. They’ll hang around for a bit, buzzing, before they get vomited out.

Super_Reverb · August 2, 2020, 7:57pm

I’m really glad I got a pair of them in 26” size before they disappeared.

jeffro · August 3, 2020, 3:46am

Didn’t even know 26" Butts existed!