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  1. ratz

    More fun with wheels -Aero style

    Depends on the fluid some evaporate some do not. My main problems came when move tire A from wheel X to wheel Y; forgetting on more than one occasion to remove the value core is a messy endeavor.:oops: We also started with some 23c wheels but then got 25c when they came in stock; swamp out...
  2. ratz

    More fun with wheels -Aero style

    What....? you have to open the value stem to prevent the hose from flying off the injector? Next you'll tell me that back pressure in the tire is a bad thing and causes the sealant to flow the wrong direction. :mad: Definitely; especially if you are "redoing" things to make them better and...
  3. ratz

    Possible to mod for gates carbon drive and internal hub?

    That sir is cool; now go make a video of it in action; we've been sorely lacking of good bike porn lately; and that's just soon cool; oops repeating myself. yeah video please and thanks.
  4. ratz

    Wheelsets??

    Yep that would be very descriptive. She came that way. But I knew she was a keeper when I figure out that instead of wedding ring she'd rather have a power meter and a power trainer
  5. ratz

    Wheelsets??

    Mrs ratz was tormenting people with her quiet wheel coasting on a social tour last year. When I mentioned how much louder her freewheel is this year and reminded her of the upcoming event; she just giggled.... maniacally giggled...... it was disturbingly evil.
  6. ratz

    It is happening.

    Could always reach out to Mike Mowett he's probably still got this from his pre-lowracer days :confused:
  7. ratz

    Wheelsets??

    Does anyone not buy from them? good company. Good point on the tools. I had Hope EVO Pro II hubs on my Trike and I really really like them, like unhealthy like, I could pull the bearing cartridge with a small screw driver and my fingers. I have thought about eventually rebuilding a Quest for...
  8. ratz

    More fun with wheels -Aero style

    We have 6 Tier 2 TRI guys in my city area they live our here to have access to the windy training roads; and 4 CRIT racers. of those 9 guys and 1 gal, 7 have made the change to the One's and the word is they aren't going back. Only 2 are riding tubeless; and are on year 2 of tubeless and very...
  9. ratz

    Wheelsets??

    That is interesting data; you see their wheels a lot on the triker crowd and you know those carry some big loads. Sucks if they aren't backing the warranty universally. If you bash their stuff in a public manner here in the states you usually get an email or some form of contact shortly there...
  10. ratz

    Larry's Ride report from 2015 12 hour Calvin's Challenge

    That's "virb edit" free from Garmin; takes a a fiddling around with to figure out how to make it work; after about 2-3 videos it gets pretty much second nature.
  11. ratz

    More fun with wheels -Aero style

    I have talked to 4 people now that moved up from Ultremos to Schwable One's. Based on what I was told; as soon as at least one of my sets of TLR4 wear out; the One's will be tested. I have a lot of mileage on Ultremos and if the One's are tougher stronger faster; I'm all there. I like Conti's...
  12. ratz

    Wheelsets??

    Abbott, For your case; and weight given what you've posted; and the potential weather; I think it is easier to get dialed in on a good affordable custom built wheel. I'd start with 28 spoke disc-brake wheel hubs even if you don't yet use disc brakes; double butted spokes, and aluminum...
  13. ratz

    Possible to mod for gates carbon drive and internal hub?

    I don't know.... Winhaven's Slated Honeywine Caramel is probably one up on Dark Chocolate. :D ride 100 miles then drink a nice glass of mead and have a nap. I really need to organize like a 4-7 day tour through the California wine country;
  14. ratz

    New Vendetta V20

    Make that a figure8 practice exercise; Left bottle, pull, return, right bottle pull return repeat; all while doing 1 handed figure-8 at 4 miles an hour. If necessary add Hoedown music.
  15. ratz

    New Vendetta V20

    That's good to know, at least for me the point here is; share the fun; because it is actually fun. I've put tortuous miles on a DF in my life; it was never really that fun after age 30; I just did it to get away from my adult world. Now here we are riding for fun, enjoying it and riding for the...
  16. ratz

    New Vendetta V20

    Just don't film it; I had to go back and edit out my shadow riding no handed while pulling the kids trailer; my 17 year old was not impressed with my level of responsibility.
  17. ratz

    New Vendetta V20

    Does your wife know you're posting topless kayaking pictures in public?
  18. ratz

    New Vendetta V20

    V20; go out and rock them rollers.
  19. ratz

    Wheelsets??

    It's not so much the weight of the rider as it is what you do to the wheel. Think about the left and right torquing you do on a DF if you smash up a hill levering the bike left and right. Those lateral forces + pot holes + train tracks are what wreck wheels. Spoke count is about lateral forces...
  20. ratz

    Larry's Ride report from 2015 12 hour Calvin's Challenge

    That's only going to tell you so much because weight is a big factor below 21mph. If you get up to 27 mph it will be much much more indicative; but my experience has been that most DF riders aren't able to talk at 27mph unless they are freewheeling. o_O
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