I went tubeless on my Clem because the rims and tires supported that and the tales of no flats was just too great a siren call to ignore. I found out that I dislike it. There are fantastic tubes now that are both extremely light and extremely durable. I rarely flat so I am not sure why I ever stressed. Went back to tubes and have been loving it. No more tubeless for me
On Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 7:31:10 AM UTC-4 Ryan wrote: > Leah..I wouldn't be in a hurry to sell the mermaid...I almost feel like I > would have left the raspberry as is...because you know it'll work on club > rides and it could be a backup if Charlie is in the shop for some > reason...but that mermaid is such a unique bike, it should be kept for its > original purpose....although now that you have changed everything over, > that ship has sailed > > Ryan who resists the idea of selling her Rivendells even though she's not > riding them as much as she should > > On Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 4:18:29 AM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Jason, shockingly little pressure! Was not expecting that kind of >> blowback! >> >> Analog got me started on tubeless and they would do 4 oz of Orange Seal >> Endurance per tire, every 6 months, I think. But everyone else in the >> industry seems to top off their sealant more often. So I go like every 4-5 >> months, just to be safe. When I lived in Vegas I did have the sealant dry >> up on me one time and the tire went flat. >> >> I log my rides using my Apple Watch. It works great for keeping track of >> mileage but *it does not track mileage according to bike.* And that >> bothers me. Pam has her cycling computer and knows exactly how many miles >> she gets every year on her Betty, but with 4 in the rotation, I can’t see >> keeping up batteries on all their cyclometers. Only the raspberry bike has >> one. I do have Ride with GPS and am constantly frustrated with it. It is, >> admittedly, new to me though. I planned a ride around the lake with some of >> my bike club friends and it took us on wrong turns more that once and then >> barked at me the whole time. Do you use it? I’ve never gotten on Strava >> because it intimidates me. People will be looking in on me and that seems >> weird. I might be wrong, since I’ve never actually used it! >> >> But you raise a great point about mileage, because 4 bikes is a lot of >> bikes and you can only ride one at a time, and everyone is not getting >> equal miles in the group. I can already tell you Charlie will get the >> lion’s share of mileage because I ride club rides Monday, Tuesday and >> Friday. That’s a minimum of 75 miles right there. Wednesday is the night >> ride with the rabble rousers and that requires the fat-tired purple Platy. >> The raspberry bike has been converted to errands/shopping/fun and the >> mermaid Platy is now out of a job. That one will likely sit. But should I >> sell it? It is from the first generation and has the cool brazing in the >> back. And it’s a great Guest Bike for visitors. But it is now redundant, >> this is true. >> >> Which bike is getting the most mileage these days, Jason? Sam? Are you >> using Strava or Ride with GPS? >> >> L >> >> On Mar 26, 2025, at 10:53 PM, Jason Fuller <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ahh yes, I've been there, but never had to interact with someone who was >> not privy to what happened before I could clean up. That one is all you. It >> really doesn't take very much residual pressure in the tire to do this, >> either. >> >> >> >> As mechanically apt as I am I still don't really know how much and how >> often to add sealant. I have to say though, once the tire seems happy it >> seems to stay happy even with some neglect. I guess until it doesn't. >> >> Good to see you getting out and it's always nice to see the Purple Platy >> out and about. You don't use strava / ridewithgps / komoot for logging >> rides do you? I feel like I've asked this before. For me I don't care >> about all the various metrics that cater towards "athletes" but I love >> tracking mileage for myself and each bike. I would totally be sleuthing to >> find out how many miles each Riv has in your stable on an ongoing basis. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/ksvlbi-Jd6w/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9c4d6654-a572-4372-8312-f93530b3b611n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/9c4d6654-a572-4372-8312-f93530b3b611n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/be8f81ec-66e0-4380-b77e-d8a5d62d9been%40googlegroups.com.
