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Wife's tubeless tire blew out yesterday on pavement. She was running it at 70psi. Tire says 45-70. Why?

[davjr96]

When was it 70psi? Temperature can greatly affect pressure. Fill up on a cold morning, sun comes out and temp rises 20 degrees can easily lead to a blow out.

[buttahflake]

70psi tubeless is way too hard, why so much pressure?

[Name Redacted]

70psi tubeless is way too hard, why so much pressure?

She was riding pavement and thought it would make her go faster. Her choice. I picked her up in the truck once the tire blew out.

[Dee Hubbs]

She should be closer to 45psi.
https://silca.cc/pages/pro-tire-pressure-calculator

[bodywhomper]

Found used unicorn yesterday (if the previous owner is on this board - THANKS!). Took it out for my first spin this evening with my oldest kid: steep and deep gravel private road, pavement, single track, steep pavement descent and climb, windy dirt road, pavement, private gravel road. Super fun!

[jackattack]

Cool paint.

https://www.squidbikes.com/blogs/fra...style-gravtron

[klauss]

Liking the fatter tires for my sloth pace

[bodywhomper]

That’s a cool looking frame^^^. What size are you now running?

Cool paint.

https://www.squidbikes.com/blogs/fra...style-gravtron

It’s interesting and fun. Matte finish. Definitely can attract attention. All my other roadish bikes have subdued color and look if you’re just passing by: dark blue steel colnago and dull gold/light brown townie-ish bike.

[mcski]

Found used unicorn yesterday (if the previous owner is on this board - THANKS!). Took it out for my first spin this evening with my oldest kid: steep and deep gravel private road, pavement, single track, steep pavement descent and climb, windy dirt road, pavement, private gravel road. Super fun!

Cool bike! That seat angle looks painful though [emoji23]

[bodywhomper]

Cool bike! That seat angle looks painful though [emoji23]

Brooks saddles are kinda like that in my experience. Eventually, it’ll get a c17, but my kid’s trying that c17 out. A fair bit of plastic on the bike. Thanks for the response about your plastic bike

[jackattack]

I wasn’t going to make a comment about the b17, but since you brought it up, it just looks odd with that much drop. I think it’ll look much better with a c17. My preference is for the Rene Herse Berthoud saddle if you want leather.

[Peruvian]

I wasn’t going to make a comment about the b17, but since you brought it up, it just looks odd with that much drop. I think it’ll look much better with a c17. My preference is for the Rene Herse Berthoud saddle if you want leather.

I like my Selle Anatomica H2 quite a bit but I get comments at the bike shop about the angle every visit. It looks more extreme than my old Brooks.

[bodywhomper]

I don’t really want/need another saddle. I haven’t had many hours of consecutive saddle-time in my c17, but I anticipate it’ll be great. I’m also hoping it’s well loved by the older kiddo cuz he was having issues with very wet saddle foam living on the north coast. The new-to-me bike also came with a saddle, which may also be great, I’m not sure. If not, I’ll be drawing back to this crew or the local gravel/bikepacking shop for rec’s.

I also have an old black ti railed brooks swift which was a gift from a friend, but it’s staying on its current stallion.

[klauss]

That’s a cool looking frame^^^. What size are you now running?

Got the van dessel from smmokan awhile back

Now running Panaracer GravelKing SK Tire - 700 x 50

[basinbeater]

Took the gypsy out for a spin to the top of trail Creek today. Super nice out.

[Peruvian]

Mrs P and I are planning a 6 day bike tour in the Finger Lakes region in August. The route right now is Skeneateles > Ithaca > Trumansburg > Watkins Glen > Hammondsport > Penn Yan > Geneva > Skeneateles. If anyone has recommended sites to see, let me know. I've already checked the tourist bureau sites so know about the state parks/waterfalls/etc. so more info on how to find the quiet roads, gravel, etc. would be very helpful.

[buttahflake]

Beautiful after work ride today in SoVT.

[Peruvian]

Goniff and I did a 4 day trip to the Eastern Twsps of QC over the July 4 holiday.











We followed the gravel all the way to the source.



I ended up with horrible food poisoning on the last night and barely cleared my tent fly before booting for a few hours. Goniff finished the last days ride and drove my truck back up to get me so my trip was limited to 170 miles but Goniff topped out closer to 220.

[bodywhomper]

I hope you’re feeling better! Those are fun photos.

Took a new loop today. Lol.

[The Reverend Floater]

Hell hath frozen over.

I bought a Salsa Cutthroat and am somewhat enjoying it. It's not MTB but it's damned convenient and admittedly pretty fun at times.

Carry on...

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[Peruvian]

Hell hath frozen over.

I bought a Salsa Cutthroat and am somewhat enjoying it. It's not MTB but it's damned convenient and admittedly pretty fun at times.

Carry on...

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Welcome to the dark side.

[The Reverend Floater]

Dumb question...any must do mods on a gravel bike? It seems to fit well after a short double track ride yesterday, so there's that..I added the obvious in my old seat bag for tube, cannisters and irons; added two cages and threw on some really old SPDs I had laying around. Stoked it came with a WTB saddle as I always run those on my MTB.

It came with a GRX drivetrain which I'll likely swap out over time and Raceface Ride cranks. Getting used to the shifter...feels a bit odd, but ok. Bars are Zoom aluminums...seems like these could be improved for harshness but they're fine for now.

Teravail Sparwood tires seem fine so far, though I aim to take it on some single track this weekend and find out. Drop post would be nice but I'll do without for a bit.

I'm thinking I just ride it until I find something I don't like or break, but thought I'd ask if I'm missing anything obvious or if any of the build is doomed to fail.







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[bodywhomper]

Port the muffler

[Skistack]

Tires are the biggest factor affecting ride quality & handling on a gravel bike. Pressure, size, tread and casing are all influential. For now, work on dialing in the tire pressure for the terrain you’re riding.

I haven’t ridden the Sparwood, but it looks like it’s suited more for loose and chunky rather than hard and smooth. You may want something with smoother tread if you end up riding alot of pavement or hardpacked gravel.

What size are the tires? Unless you’re planning on doing alot of faster rides on pavement, 38 about as small as you want to go. 40 - 45 is considered the sweet spot for most conditions these days. But verify the max size that’ll fit the frame before going bigger. Clearance has grown as gravel bikes have evolved.


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