Yeah, with a 47 mm Sawtooth it was a bit like wrestling a dog into a bathtub. But I’m pretty stoked on this tool. An XL version might be good.
Surly Extraterrestrial is a pretty great good tire. Comes in 1.8 or 2.5 though.
Very reliable as a tubeless tire and rolls better than one would expect.
I’ve had the 2.5s on the Dummy for years now. No flats. No drama.
Can vouch for ET in 1.8, it’s a good tire. Tubeless really good, rolls fast for the amount of tread it has, feels more supple than you’d think looking at it.
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how is it with chubes? eventually i’ll need to replace the powerblock on my clydesdale. front wheel would probably tubeless but i’m not gonna fuck around with maybe for the kid bike when finish line works fine and i don’t want to remember to maintain half of the not-tubes on a bike
26 nomads are super turdly. Which doesn’t disqualify them as commuters, but they aren’t even close to the miracle the 700c tires are
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No idea
Cream GP5000 tires in 28 are noticeably narrower than the black ones coming off the wheels. Hoping they will stretch a bit.
Strada Bianca 33mm TLR are a thing now. Don’t need them but I will drunk buy them next time I’m awake at 3am.
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I have decided that my WTB Exposure 36mm tires don’t feel fast. Would the Strada Bianca 36 feel faster?
The handmade ones will be faster. The vulcanized ones feel quite a bit faster too but I don’t have hard data to support that.
I did forget to air them up before riding home the other night and accidentallyed a sprinters KOM and came 1 second short equaling my all time best on a .8 mile drag that requires holding close to 30 mph. So there’s that.
I’m back on the handmade ones which for some reason don’t “feel” as fast and yet I’m hitting some times/speeds that speak to the contrary.
YMMV
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Thing I took away from the Josh Poertner diatribe was that the hand-made tires generally have better casings with less hysteresis and thus less *hysterical loss.
- yes, I know that’s not the right word, but I’m never going to not refer to it as that.
Make sure you buy a bead jack if you get those tires
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Wow…. That got me home.
Couple thousand miles on this guy. Was nearly square and riddled with wounds. Lived a good life. I love these fucking tires.
(Challenge Strada Pro TLR 30mm)
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I generally fancy myself to be reasonably competent at installing tires, but these Schwalbe G-One Speeds (40-584) are infuriating.
The front set up tubeless without a problem on a Velocity A23. For the back, I’ve tried two tires on two different rims (A23 and VO), and they will not seat evenly, either tubeless or with a tube. There’s a low spot that’s dramatic enough that I feel a bump every rotation when riding. I’ve set of the non-Speed G-Ones in both 650b and 700c sizes without any memorable issues.
Am I doing something wrong? Any tricks to get it to fully seat? Is there a bad batch of these?
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My trick was to send them back.
I attempted to install a set on my 650b Kinlin rims over a year ago and the fit was really sloppy.
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These may or may not be obvious but…
What rim tap? If it’s anything other than proper tubeless tape start there with the appropriate number of plies.
Seating with a tube is a good plan… lube the shit out of the bead with some dish soap and run it up to 80psi or so and let it sit a few minutes. Hopefully it snaps into place. Of it does I’d let it sit over night to stretch a bit then try again without the tube.
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Yeah, two wraps of tubeless tape.
I’ll give one more try with dish soap and then get in touch with Schwalbe.
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I had the same exact problem with a Surly ET on a VO Voyager. Tried all the tricks and nothing worked. Tried a different tire and all was well so I guess there was something wrong with the bead.
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