Timeline for Can a new chain significantly improve the riding experience? If yes - what else can?
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| Sep 13, 2019 at 12:09 | vote | accept | WoJ | ||
| Sep 11, 2019 at 19:12 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | @juhist Fair point. I was going on the fact that the Gatorskin is (or should be) more puncture resistant than the GP 4000 or 5000 tires, which are road racing tires. | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 15:25 | comment | added | juhist | About your recommendation of Gatorskin puncture-resistant tires: the recommendation is good, but puncture-resistant they ain't. The puncture resistance is just marketing crap. The only way to do it in a way that actually works is to add more rubber (more thickness), like for Marathon Plus. The downside is this adds rolling resistance. I have used Gatorskins and have had so many punctures I wouldn't consider them puncture resistant. Why do I think the recommendation is good, then? Answer: good tires should be low rolling resistance, not puncture resistant. Pick one or other, not both! | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 15:04 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | @Holloway is correct. I should have said something more like this: the rear braking action (i.e. how the lever feels as the pad is contacting the rim, irrespective of stopping power) is mushy. The front feels like the rim brakes with good pads on my road bike, the rear definitely feels poorer. I attribute this to the pads. | |
| Sep 11, 2019 at 8:34 | comment | added | Holloway | "The front is just fine. The rear feels a bit mushy" - The pads probably do make a difference but bear in mind that the front will always feel sharper and more powerful than the rear. | |
| Sep 10, 2019 at 18:02 | history | answered | Weiwen Ng | CC BY-SA 4.0 |