Commuting on roads
Babbs
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Well the bike is ordered finally made a choice it arrives in two weeks. But i was wondering what to do about when i ride it on the road approx 12 miles every day what should i do, some one has suggested a set of semi slicks on seperate rims and just swap them this to me seems the most logical does any one know of any cheapish ways of setting this up??
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It's a lot less hassle to just swap tyres (IMHO)
With a different wheelset you could have to fettle brakes & gears every time you swap wheelsets.
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Babbs wrote:Andy_B wrote:It's a lot less hassle to just swap tyres (IMHO)
With a different wheelset you could have to fettle brakes & gears every time you swap wheelsets.
Exscuse my ignorance What is fettle brakes and gears??
fettle = to adjust/tinker with
For example if you have disc brake you'll have to realiign them.
However imo I think this is quicker than deflating/removing tyres/installing tyres/inflating.
As for the gears, if the cassettes are the same ration/model you shouldn't have to adjust the cable tension on the rd, as long as one isn't much more worn out than the other.
And if you're replacing tyres on the same wheelset then you generally have to readjust the brakes when you put the wheel back in.0 -
if i used the same cassete, rims etc would this not minimise the problem? plus act as a spare?0
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I swapped between wheels last year, 2500 miles and never once had to adjust the brakes/gears. Different rims but the cassette was the exact same size.....
With regards to road tyres, I found Schwalbe City Jets very hard wearing.0 -
I take it the road use will be commuting? I just bought an old second hand road bike for £100 off e-bay. No hassle swapping stuff about, you've still got the MTB to commute on in the case of a mechanical and a road bike will generally be better on the road than an MTB.*
Save the MTB for the off road stuff it was built for. :twisted:
*Captain Obvious strikes again.Even if the voices aren't real, they have some very good ideas.0 -
Shadowduck wrote:I take it the road use will be commuting? I just bought an old second hand road bike for £100 off e-bay. No hassle swapping stuff about, you've still got the MTB to commute on in the case of a mechanical and a road bike will generally be better on the road than an MTB.*
Save the MTB for the off road stuff it was built for. :twisted:
*Captain Obvious strikes again.
Plus this also means that when you leave your bike during the day, it probably won't be nicked, and even if it is it won't matter that much."Melancholy is incompatible with bicycling." ~James E. Starrs0 -
I use the same bike for commuting and offroad without any problems. I ride an XC race bike as its a 35 mile round trip. I know i could shave a couple of minutes off the ride on semi slick tyres but i'm never in that much of a hurry to get to work anyway
IMHO you'll spend more time switching wheels and tyres than you would save by doing so...0 -
I'm fed up changing tyres. It's a pain in the butt when you're knackered after a ride on a Sunday evening.
I'm going for the cheapo SH road bike option. That's probably cheaper than getting another set of wheels too.0
