Leakyseal-

I get you.

I’ve used this guy too!

At first I thought you were getting a new freehub for 52 bucks! (Then I read the fine print.)

I had no idea that this repair was a thing. I guess I better take my 2019 Cosmics apart and see if the freehub is riding on a bearing or a bushing. If it's a bushing I'll probably be looking at a new set of wheels.

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I clicked on a whim, but kept watching. The sound of him decelerating in the corners sounds neet. Fun power/speed/fabrication /passing fun (although I bet it smells a little gamey in there!)

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Kinda cool. I like those stats; about 33mph on the little DH, 30 on the flats at about 350 or so watts, he seems to be pretty fit, he gets 420 or so watts on the little uphill and his HR peaks around 170.

He's definitely passing riders. Must be fun to sweep past all race long.

Back when I was younger and faster, I would race with the local HPV club at PIR. I was on a short wheelbase recumbent and those with the fully-faired bikes would lap me several times in the hour road race.

I have massive respect for the guys on the hand-cycle trikes.

That's pretty cool, Ron.

I found some more info on his creations.....

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And now I know which "Woodstock" we're dealing with here....:)

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^^^... LOL I can relate. I tried tubeless but I'm back to tubes and singles/tubular.

(Not one of mine)

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90 bucks worth of stuff there - and I wouldn't bother picking it up because I'm back to tubes.

The tossing of the sealant was cathartic. Nothing against tubeless, but it didn't work for me :)

Up on the parkway:
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(I'm too lazy to go to the waxing chain thread) :) You guys get all the right tools you want. Here's channel locks in action :D:D:D

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That was yours? Damn. I don't do road, but that's a lifetime supply for my mtb...

It's yours if you want it. (Trash hasn't been emptied yet) :)
I want an sella slr or two (and I promise not to recover them) I think I'd put the carbon on the BMC. :)

I loooove tubeless on my road bike. Don't do MTB 'cause I will kill myself. Is there a reason you guys are going back to tubes? I have been on tubeless for the past couple years. Didn't ride for a whole year out of those two years because I jacked up my knee.

I use tubes because if you get a puncture on the road the fix is relatively simple and sure.

Tubeless on a mountain bike is easily fixed with a push in plug. Road bike not so much.

Singles/tubular are easy to change on the side of the road.

^That.

I had a spat of tubed flats last year. Fed up, I went all in tubeless.

Messy, couldn't seal the most basic of pinholes, needs maintenance. ruined several longer rides for me last year. Got too many bikes to maintain tubeless on.

Tubeless increased my stress level.

I just spent several hours stripping the stuff out of my last tubeless setup.

I know bunches of people who love their tubeless. If someone's got a good tire/sealant setup that works, more power to em'. Most of my tires are very thin sidwalls and they just weren't a good love connection with several different sealant types.

I think I'd try it on a MTB setup with good thick sidewalls, but I ain't buying a MTB anytime soon.

I used it for a couple of years. When it works, it's great, but when it doesn't it's a frustrating, sticky mess. It just became more trouble than it was worth, at least to me. Having said that, a riding buddy did the whole Continental Divide last summer, from Canada to Mexico; there was one stretch where the group he was with had to ride through goatheads. Everyone on tubes spent a long day with the patch kit after everyone ran out of fresh tubes but his tubeless setup worked perfectly with many holes sealed instantly.
Most all of my weekend ride buddies ride tubeless, gravel and road, and it works for them and I'm OK with that.

I pinch flatted yesterday on a long, chunky-gravel road. I'd dropped the pressure a little to deal with sections of fresh, deep gravel, but apparently I went a little too far, or I wasn't light enough on my feet. Both my buddies had tubeless and they got to watch and crack wise while I changed out the tube.

(The ride was still a blast. I had a great time in the forest. I think I might buy some 650's with a 2.1" tire for rides that will be all gravel, no tarmac.)

Our view from the lunch wagon: The Pacific Ocean is just beyond that last ridge.

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