My aim for the channel is to show my progress and journey as I return to cycling after 22 years
I will be showing you what bike(s) I’m using, have used in the past, any upgrades and repairs I do in the form of “how to” videos, and hopefully a give a record of improved fitness, routes and adventures I go on
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Been using 32 mm Continental Ultra Sport 3 tires on my hybrid bike for about two years now. Compared to the 40 mm Kenda tires that came with the bike, they are super fast. They are about 10% faster on average on my regular rides.
. I put a pair of these on my bike build (700c road) and after a couple hundred miles, they're good. Not the fastest or slowest on daily commutes but for the price of the tyres ($25 per) vs length of use I hope to get out of them (about a year) I'm quite happy. Road conditions here in Colorado Springs are above average, but I try to stay out of cycle lanes as they're never swept & it's where the road rubbish usually ends up. Unlike in London, people are nice enough not to park in them. That being said, no flats yet (touch wood) and no visible gashes. Early days still, but I'm fairly confident I made a good choice all round. Disclaimer: I'm not a racer, nor am I a slow cruiser. Just a bloke who likes to get from point A to B comfortably in a reasonable time and without stopping to mend a puncture.
You wouldn't notice the difference between ultra sport 3s and something like gp5000s unless you had a power meter and a stopwatch. They're excellent tyres
I last went to this in 2014 and it looks so sparse compared to then! It used to be completely jam packed with different stands. Guess it's a reflection of the industry at the moment. Shame
Are you kidding me? Dismantle the whole body, clean it up, grease it properly instead of filling it all with grease. What a waste of grease, and it will never fully fill!
I did this about 2 years ago except gripped the TL-PD40 in aluminium vise jaws and rotated the pedal body. I completely disassembled the cup and cone bearings as I thought they may have been damaged. If you do this the balls will want to go everywhere ! You can get the TL-PD40 for £2 from Tweeks cycles but the free delivery only applies at £50 so you will need to find something else to buy 😞 For legal riding in the UK at night you will need pedal reflectors. I got the SM-PD22 which SJS cycles sell. They clip into one side of the PD-M520 so not a perfect solution, but they make the pedals bottom heavy so its easy to clip shoe cleats in the other side.
I did consider completely stripping the bearings down, but I want keep it simple and provide a quick and easy solution just to adjust the tension on the bearing setup (too loose/tight) and replace the grease. Good advice on the addition platforms, great for if you want to go out in normal shoes too! 👍
Shimano released the 7700 series in 1996, succeeding in achieving both high rigidity and an approximately 500 g weight reduction of the entire components series by introducing the HOLLOWTECH crankset with hollow crank arms.
