Pam™ for bikes
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Back in my old cyclocross days, yes, I would but Pam on my chain stays, seat stays, and fork crown to keep mud from building up.
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very much a thing that was done. i didn’t get deep enough to need it but my old boss talked about it a lot. spraying down pit bikes with pam ahead of time
Pam on pedals was good too
Lmao I’ll try this and report back
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I need new tires. Decided to go down to 32 from 38.
I’ve been riding slick gravelkings for 5 years and am thinking of doing something different.
Looking at with the Conti GP5k or the Challenge Strada Bianca Pro.
I had some challenge road tires a long time ago and they were amazing. I had some GP4k’s after that and didn’t like them much. But I feel like the Challenge will be too delicate maybe?
Anyone have advice?
For road? I don’t think you can go wrong with either but GD those GP5k are something…
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33mm Strada Biancas have been awesome. Haven’t had them long enough to comment on durability but I have no flats on them after 500ish miles 80/20 pavement/gravel.
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Gp5k
I don’t know what happened when I got my GP4k tires. Everyone raved about them but I found them not supple and really slick in the wet. Maybe they’d been in the bottom of the bin at the warehouse for a decade. That was also in the 25mm size way too.
Struggling to justify the extra $13 per tire for something I don’t think I’ll like.
I’ve run The GP5k, the Strada Pro, and the Strada Bianca.
Challenge are more delicate in the wet, though I’ve had good luck with punctures in the dry. I get just over 1000 miles on a set. They are more supple and slightly slower. They have effectively no puncture protection if that’s something you need.
Gp5k TR TS or whatever. Fast as hell, fast fast fast. Reasonably supple and slightly more durable than the Challenge. Better wet grip, lower rolling resistance, and they do have puncture protection, which I guess is why they’re less supple.
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If you want to get into more roadie tires, Schwalbe Pro One and Pirelli PZero, both in 30mm, are pretty great, like comprable to GP5K.
I’m using GP5K (the new style) in 32mm on my sport touring bike, and I really like them so far. The first hundred miles on contis always feels a little off to me, but once they’re broken in they feel great and last quite a while (barring random accidents)
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Same experience. They have a break in period. I’m running the 32mm as winter tires. I’ve had one puncture that needed a plug. The last set of GP5K that I wore out went for 3000 miles IIRC.
On the right rims, I don’t think it can be understated how fast they are. Peak Torque dude on YT did some testing and showed that with a wide enough rim, they were as fast as the 28mm.
They also have better availability than Schwalbe in my experience.
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yeah, Schwalbe has a bewildering thicket of SKUs and dealer channels, and I only marginally trust online sellers to correctly list things. Ask me about my lone non-tubeless Schwalbe tire.
I’m curious about all the Goodyear tubeless road tires, they don’t seem to be getting a lot of attention.
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What’s the current favorite 650B x 38ish tubeless tire?
Do you consider runny arse to be tubeless?
This should be our are you a robot test for new users
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I had a pair of like, 700x38 or something and they were such garbage that I haven’t bothered looking at anything from them since.
Jan claims the 38c tire is specifically non tubeless. Which I interpret to mean it’s below any acceptable threshold of tubelesness