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Alpineer in Crested Butte, CO is all round awesome for mtn. bike gear, tune ups or anything else you might want to go play in the mountains. I think its been there since the 70’s when the locals and a few of those Marin County, CA boys were just trying out those early fat tired clunkers.
Beautiful trail…but HELL NO!! Interesting that it looks like they aren’t riding clipless. I don’t know which would be wiser. With flats you might be better able to get a foot down quicker in a sticky spot. Personally, I think the more you put your foot down the more likely you are to loose your balance so clipless would be better to keep you from doing that. Regardless, I still say HELL NO!
You may also try raising your seatpost. This was suggested to me recently and I hadn’t realized how relatively low I was riding in saddle.
I actually like a basic color on my bike and then add my own personal touches via cool stickers from all the great places I’ve taken my mtn. bike. My old bike is covered in stickers from Crested Butte, Durango, telluride, various bike races, brewery’s visited and rock concerts attended…that way there’s no other bike like mine! Got only a couple of stickers on my 29er so far
Actually, maybe its just me, but it seems like all I’m seeing these days are mtn. bikes and accessories in bright neon green?! So much so, I was asking myself "Did I miss the memo about neon green becoming the official color for mountain biking?!"
Sounds like classic derailleur adjustment to me. A 1/4 turn or so on the barrel adjuster either way should do it. Or, if you’re like me and find derailleur adjustment maddening take it by your LBS and they’ll tweek it in no time, probably not even charge you anything, but a tip may be appreciated.
I definitely like the idea of using duct/gorilla tape. I also wondered about slapping a standard tube patch over it. I would think it would work on the sidewall, but not so sure about on the tread itself.
Anybody recommend some technics of what immediate action a tubeless rider should take when they hear that dreaded hissing sound? My LBS told me to spin the tire to move the sealant around. Any other suggestions?
This happen to anyone else often…?
You’re on some unexplored rather technical singletrack. You come upon a particularly tricky looking spot. You stop, examine the rocks/roots very carefully, solve the problem by visualizing a brilliant line, mount up, quickly click in and before you can barely get a half pedal stroke in you realize you don’t even have enough momentum to get over the first rock and topple over! Man, talk about feeling stupid!! I’ve had a couple of my hardest falls that way!
Manndex22,
I’m not sure which Giant bike you are referring to, but I have a 2010 XTC2 29’er that I had converted to tubeless and all I can say is DEFINITELY DO IT!! My bike came with Kenda Karma’s which are good tires, but they are not the beefiest of tire because I think Giant was trying to keep the overall weight of the bike down. I was getting flats all the time, which I usually don’t mind changing a flat, but the P-XC29 rims it came with are so deep and stiff that it was always an intense long struggle to get that last bit of tire over the edge of the rim and sit. I got sick of wasting so much of my rides on fixing a flat that I decided to go tubeless. I’m not the most mechancial person either and I wanted it done right so I had my local bike shop pick out the tires and get it done. So glad I did, they outfitted me with some really fat Maxxis Ardent’s that are badass in anything (it’s crucial to get a tire with beefy sidewalls). Also even my bike shop had a really hard time with the rims getting the tires to sit right and get the stan’s to set up. No way could I have done it without an air compressor. Once they got it finished, it was rock solid. In the last 8 months I’ve only had one flat. The one time I did have a flat it wasn’t a total fail since the stan’s was still working to try and seal it, so it was a more controlled and gradual flat that I could stop and repump to cripple back to the car. I do always keep a spare tube in my pack, but I’ve fortunately been able to avoid having to use it. The one flat I had was because it had been awhile since I put more stan’s in (you or your shop should put more in about every 3-4 months to be sure). Tubes are a thing of the past, I’ll never go back! It’s improved my ride tremendously in terms of performance, confidence, comfort and most importantly FUN since I’m not spending a good part of my ride fixing a flat!
