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Avoid riding through broken glass and thorns, run tires more resistant to punctures, run wider tires, you can add things like tire liners and liquid sealants, and if you don't care about ride performance you can always use solid tires.

>>1028161
>Avoid riding through broken glass and thorns
you can't
>run tires more resistant to punctures
well ok but what
>run wider tires
how does this help
>tire liners and liquid sealants and solid tires
'no'

Inflate your tires with a track pump every day. Take a good mini pump, patches, and a spare tube on rides. Patch your tubes unless the valve blows out.

In my experience marathons never flat, i've worn out maybe 6 sets of 4000s II and they very very rarely flat, been through a few sets of pro 4s and they're nice tires which flat sometimes but still not often. Open paves flat often but they're amazing otherwise..

>>1028201
>>>run wider tires
>how does this help

The theory is that you run them lower pressure so when you roll over some debris it's less likely to be forced into the tyre, as there's more room to deform.

In practise I've been running 38mm compass tyres with no puncture protection for a while now and miraculously haven't had a single puncture.

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Car is transportation comrade.

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>>1028005

>>1028026
put it in H

>>1027909
>>>/out/

>>1027912
Get fucked.
:P

>>1025929
retard

90s rigid MTB

I was looking at the Trek Allant 7.2

Anyone have thoughts on that?
>>1027742
'cept you, jog on.

You either get something sturdy, solid, and with disc brakes or something under $550. Go on craigslist or something and just get an older MTB.

Meme

I've only ever really seen the kits and the bikes you can make yourself. Would love to get into it myself though.
I think they'll stay niche though, most people that are into bikes don't really care about the environment aside from "one less car" and don't care about materials used to produce bikes.

How easy it is to get into is really the only limiting factor I can think of. Is more advertisement necessary? People might just think it's a gimmick that no one really buys into.

>Strong
>easy to replace
>light

Do you know what's light, strong and doesn't have to be replaced?

An aluminium frame.


>>1027191
Limiting factor is that you can't bend it like aluminium, you don't have all sorts of crazy bamboo alloys.
You can't weld it either, it isn't as good as carbon.


Basically it's shit.

>>1026428
What appeal would a train have to the female brain? None.

>>1026428
>>1026465
uuuhm sexist much???
i'm sure there are just as many women who are into trains as there are men... they just don't feel welcome in boys-clubs like this baord because of posters like you...

>I will never find a qt foamer girl that wants to ask me all about running trains and take her out on a date.
( ._.)

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What do I need to take into account in order to buy 2 good rims for my bike?

>>1025943
You don't want rims. You want wheels. A wheel is a hub, spokes and rim - sans tyre. If you ask for a rim you'll be building a wheel afterwards.

What wheel size? It's likely to be 26"/556mm going by the pic but make sure. Then walk into an LBS/online store and say 'I'd like a 26" wheelset for rim brakes and 130mm OLD, please'.

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>>1025946
>A wheel is a hub, spokes and rim - sans tyre. If you ask for a rim you'll be building a wheel afterwards.
I already have hub and spokes on my wheels. I want to replace only the rims. Or should I replace the hub and spokes too?

>What wheel size? It's likely to be 26"/556mm going by the pic but make sure.
This measure on the tire informs this, right? Pic related.

Nothing

>>1025390
>i bet i can jump that
>yep jumped it gud

>>1025391
Surely you must be thinking about something.

>>1024152
GET YOUR FACE OUT OF YOUR PHONE AND GAIN SOME SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, JIZZBEARD

Jam a stick on their spokes, sidewalkfags deserve death

>used to go to a uni where the easiest way to go across town was to cut through campus
>used to just ride my bike on campus sidewalk all the time
Never had a problem, it's probably your fault for not paying attention faggot

>>1021115

>collapsed

For something to collapse it must first be erected.

Well London infrastructure is ancient as hell. The core of the tube network was set somewhere in beginning of 20th century and there are very little high capacity roads. There have to be some major investments done in expanding the tube (or the overground or whatever)

Do Brexit
All businesses leave London
Tube is empty
???
PROFIT

I'll bite this bait. What is wrong with it?

they do suck its only popular cause you poor ass 4chan losers have old mtbs and $40.

>>1027927
That rear hub, what the gears in the back are attached to, is most likely gunked up. I would recommend a bike shop to fix that. You really won't be able to make it "easier to ride", only adjusting the fit and riding it more will help you with that.

>>1027934
I look at the bike more and when I pedal, the back gears move, like normal, but when I stop pedaling then the gears still move

>>1027941
That rear hub, what the gears in the back are attached to, is most likely gunked up.

You're going straight to the moon on that thing

Bar tape looks gr8

>>1027667
Hrm...

Why do I get the sneaking suspicion that Ridley doesn't rate their steerer tubes for that kind of stack height?

>>1027667
no expert in tri bikes but isn't the front brake cable too short? This might be related to the comically high handlebars...

Who gives a shit

>>1026561
ur mum

>>1026559
Damn, that was a nice landing