The cycling thread

[D41]

This is like living with Chewbacca...

[Kwacky]

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I've got one of these on the way.

[D41]

That's nicely spec'd. GT know how to build a good bike, and 6061 tubing gives a good ride without the harshness of the 7000-series stuff.

[Kwacky]

I must admit I've not heard of them before but looking at the various bikes on display and their prices it looked well made for the asking price. He told me that GT tend to do BMX and mountain bike stuff so they know how to build something that can take a bashing.

[Cav]

GT are a dependable brand.. nothing too lavish but always do the job. I suppose you could liken it to your old SX. Flies under the radar but performs how you want.

My bike still hasn't arrived. It was due on Friday originally but was then pushed back... I think it's due in another week or 2.

[Kwacky]

I don't need anything flash. I won't notice the weight savings for a more expensive bike. The dealer did say that hybrid bikes aren't expensive anyway.

At this stage I don't know how much cycling I'll get to do and what sort of riding. I've got a load of choices for terrain from nice country roads, to bridle paths and heavily wooded areas.

[Cav]

Got my accent pieces!

Only 8 days to go before I can install the stuff.

[Kwacky]

Carrying on the Kawasaki green theme?

[Cav]

Yeah.. blue or orange was my preference but everyone has it.. green isn't so common so thought why not

[Cav]

Well... 5 days overdue the already delayed delivery date and still no bike.

I went to Evans Cycles yesterday as they've not been reachable on telephone and asked them to get to the bottom of it. They didn't have my bike in store, my order didn't exist on their system and even when they called HQ they didn't know what was happening with it. Thankfully, HQ did at least see my order is live and they can also see that my bike is "in stock" meaning that it should be getting picked and shipped to store soon (from within the UK so read that as days/weeks rather than months).

I was deliberately showing my frustration and thankfully the guy picked up on it, I explained how long I'd been waiting for it and also brought up wanting to do the tubeless conversion before I take the bike home.. I'm hoping they do it FOC as an apology and a good will gesture. It's about £30 for materials and probably 20 minutes of their time, hopefully they do that.

[Frankie]

Cav, when you get it, check it over with the fine tooth comb.... they dont seem to pack their bikes well. I.e chain banging on the rear swing arm as it were.
It left little pits on my bike when it got delivered.

Hopefully they have sorted that now, it was a while ago.

[Cav]

Yeah cheers for the heads up. I will be naturally

[D41]

If you need to, cut a strip of rubber from an old road tyre & zip-tie it to the chainstay....it looks a bit hack, but it'll protect the frame like nowt else will.

[Cav]

If you need to, cut a strip of rubber from an old road tyre & zip-tie it to the chainstay....it looks a bit hack, but it'll protect the frame like nowt else will.

It comes with a chain stay protector to be fair to it, I think Frankie is just talking about damage from transit rather than damage from use.

[D6Nutz]

If you need to, cut a strip of rubber from an old road tyre & zip-tie it to the chainstay....it looks a bit hack, but it'll protect the frame like nowt else will.

It comes with a chain stay protector to be fair to it, I think Frankie is just talking about damage from transit rather than damage from use.

Helicopter tape.

Keep on good terms with the people in store, I've heard a few horror stories over lockdown of people buying bikes from them online and not being able to get hold of customer service if there are problems.

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[Cav]

I was super nice to the guy in the shop, just showed I was frustrated with the lack of communication from head office. The guy in the shop had to use the same contact number the public use so I don't hold out much hope for the future. They were recently bought by SportsDirect and they've started to implement changes. The guy in the shop didn't sound impressed.

I've since had 2 emails from head office, one saying my order doesn't exist, another assuming my order is included in the backlog of a large delivery which arrived yesterday.

[Perkles]

Why do you want tubeless

[Cav]

I was frequently getting punch flats despite running high pressures on my old MTB.. going tubeless makes a pinch flat impossible. The technology has improved a lot and is now genuinely better than tubes.

[Perkles]

I was frequently getting punch flats despite running high pressures on my old MTB.. going tubeless makes a pinch flat impossible. The technology has improved a lot and is now genuinely better than tubes.

They are horrible to ride on for a road bike and puncture exactly the same as a tubed tyre ,whoever told you it’s impossible to flat is a liar

[kiwikrasher]

I was frequently getting punch flats despite running high pressures on my old MTB.. going tubeless makes a pinch flat impossible. The technology has improved a lot and is now genuinely better than tubes.

They are horrible to ride on for a road bike and puncture exactly the same as a tubed tyre ,whoever told you it’s impossible to flat is a liar

I used tubeless for a good 6 yrs MTBing.

Main advantage is you can run lower pressures for more off-road grip but as Perks says no advantage on the road and a lot harder to repair that a tube if you do get a sharp object through them.

I really don’t understand how you were getting pinch flats on the road at high pressures.