I hate how the sizing is all over the place for jerseys etc, It makes me feel like i'm a fat ass when i have to order XL stuff even though im just a 34 waist :crash: So for real though, order a size up?

Today I had another garage flat. Went to ride my vintage Nobilette roadie and the front tire was flat as a pancake, so I pumped it up and felt air leaking out the sidewall, but no sign of a puncture. I removed the tube, inflated it and there was a tiny pinhole in the tube, but nothing inside the tire casing to have caused it. Of course, it was another Bontrager tube that all seem to just fail after time without any reason. So I went to my stash of 27 new tubes, and couldn't find a single one that was the correct size and valve length. Plenty of skinny tubes with long valves and plenty of fat tubes with short valves, but no skinny 700c tube with a short valve. :( Fortunately, I have another vintage front wheel with an Avocet 30 computer magnet on it, so I'll ride that until I get around to buying more tubes.

Thanks for this!

Non-stop pretty. :)

seriously, i love videos like this that arent just about guys bombing DH on $15k rigs or road videos that are about Z5 training intervals, this is a great trail/bike camping video

watching these kinds of videos really makes me hate where i live tho. maybe its time to embrace my heritage and go to the polish motherland

today i did a quick 20 miles before work, every female i saw on the trail was in "workout" clothes just walking around and on the phone

what is the point??

Yeah, I normally wear a size large so that's what I ordered when I bought my first kit from them. It fits, but it's umm...snug, to say the least. A size up fits perfectly.

To me, that is a big indicator that there is a tiny piece of radial tire wire poking through the tire. Match up the pinhole with the tire and see if you can feel something that is very much like a grain of sand. Inspect closer and it could very well be wire.

Except "Bontrager tube" which could also be the reason, if the hole is at a seam or around the stem...

Nope. It's a folding tire and I removed it completely and turned it inside out. I inspected it thoroughly, and the casing is as smooth as a baby's bottom. There is nothing embedded in the tread either. Also, the pinhole in the tube is not on a seam or near the stem. Like I said, it's a Bontrager tube, and I've had lots of problems with them in the past. I'm thinking it was a small bubble in the tube material that eventually popped, causing the leak.

i had the mystery pinhole problem with my rear tube for months, then it started happening to my front. i couldnt find either hole for ****. after leaving the wheels to sit for months and months i put them underwater and found the holes, one was on the rim side and the other was along the sidewall.

inspected the wheel and tires and didnt find anything that couldve caused the holes. they were such small holes it would take days to leak out

super annoying.

Today I purchased a new bike helmet, and decided to go full hi-vis; I had actually been thinking about the color for a while.

Family and friends have complained that it can be tough to pick me out in criterium or track races, and I train a fair bit in the early morning so I figure it's also a safe choice.

It's just... so... bright! (but I guess that's the point)

I love Hi-Viz helmets. I have one for my motorcycle and for the bicycle.

Good Choice. I would love one for all those PCH rides.

Hi-viz makes you blend in with every other racer here.

Raced my first crit yesterday, got fifth on the lap it should of ended at but the officials weren't paying attention and made us take an extra lap with mass confusion. Ended up close up to last place cause of it.

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haha that blows man. Great job though nonetheless.

Pic please. Fluorescent Chartreuse?

Hi-Viz is the new black.

Getting back into my Vdub roots.. Kind of :thumb:

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Are you thinking of joining the circus ?

That's going to be my next kit. Looks awesome, and a nice price to boot.

I though i was already in the circus since i was posting here :)

420 for the coupon code -- gets you 35% off. Don't know how long its going to last!

It's already gone. Just tried and got rejected. Thanks for the heads up, though!

Lame! Try CART15 -- should give you 15% off

Why do you keep acting like the island you live on is in the middle of the Atlantic? You are like a 5 hour train ride to the Catskills, Berkshires or even the Adirondacks. There isn't anything stopping you from going.

time.

sure, theres lots of good terrain within hrs of here, but it takes a while to get there. to get to that 5 hr train ride it would take another hour and a half of train/ferry/bus/driving

i cant just go out my backyard and ride through some dope ass scenery like that after work, i dont typically have time like that

plus theres plenty of other things i hate about this place, lol