Today's Bike Ride

[Ady In Accy]

I found a bulge in my Ultremo R tyre the other night after perhaps 900 miles. There has been a manufacturing error with a batch of these tyres and it looks like mine was a victim of this. I have heard Schwalbe have been very good in replacing them so I emailed a picture of the fault and the production code with a slight moan that I would have to go out and buy a new tyre for a forthcoming event. Got an email this morning saying how sorry they were that I had been affected by this issue and that I had to go and buy another tyre (pro race 3) to the extent that they are sending me 2 pairs! That's over 100 quids worth of rubber. As long as they stay round that's a cracking resolution as it is on a par with the pro race 3 for performance. Cracking customer service which, as long as no further problems are encountered, will win back my custom.

[Ady In Accy]

51 Mile road race at Elswick. Went fairly well but missing top end fitness. Stayed in the main bunch, mixed it up, did a number of turns on the front and chased down the 3 man breakaway for the last couple of miles without success. Finished with the main, strung out group probably in the top 10. Not super fast for a road race at a tad under 25mph average but enjoyable non the less.

[dominion]

51 Mile road race at Elswick. Went fairly well but missing top end fitness. Stayed in the main bunch, mixed it up, did a number of turns on the front and chased down the 3 man breakaway for the last couple of miles without success. Finished with the main, strung out group probably in the top 10. Not super fast for a road race at a tad under 25mph average but enjoyable non the less.

Nothing broke Ady? Must be a good thing!

[Ady In Accy]

Nothing broke Ady? Must be a good thing!

I know, what a treat

[Stagger]

An hour and a half out with young lad from the village. Just a steady ride after a week off due to knee pain.
(my own fault, I did some reps on the steps of a dam wall last Monday)

Just set the TT up so will be looking for two sessions per day, one inside and one outside

[dominion]

Just for something different I've been and done some intervals on the bike,

2.74m warmup then,

4.92m / 400' (16:29)
0.65m recovery (2:16)
4.92m / 400' (16:56)

3.39m warmdown (11:19)


I would have done a third 4.92 mile interval but I went out too late and it had got too dark!

[Hanneke]

I found a bulge in my Ultremo R tyre the other night after perhaps 900 miles. There has been a manufacturing error with a batch of these tyres and it looks like mine was a victim of this. I have heard Schwalbe have been very good in replacing them so I emailed a picture of the fault and the production code with a slight moan that I would have to go out and buy a new tyre for a forthcoming event. Got an email this morning saying how sorry they were that I had been affected by this issue and that I had to go and buy another tyre (pro race 3) to the extent that they are sending me 2 pairs! That's over 100 quids worth of rubber. As long as they stay round that's a cracking resolution as it is on a par with the pro race 3 for performance. Cracking customer service which, as long as no further problems are encountered, will win back my custom.

When I bought my Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels back in January, I had a set of Ultremo evo's put on. What a brilliant tyre! I did not get any punctures at all, using the wheels for almost all my training rides, until I rode over a sharp rock and got a picnh flat. When I changed my tube I realised the tyres had worn somewhat thin... When I checked my log it transpired they'd done over 5000 kms!!! So I changed them to Ultremo R's and got a blowout on the penultimate day of TdG Not looked at the tyre, as I replaced the wheel and haven't had a chance to change the tube yet, but will have a look at it tonight... May well be one of the defective tyres!!! Especially as they are only a few weeks old!

[dominion]

When I bought my Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels back in January, I had a set of Ultremo evo's put on. What a brilliant tyre! I did not get any punctures at all, using the wheels for almost all my training rides, until I rode over a sharp rock and got a picnh flat. When I changed my tube I realised the tyres had worn somewhat thin... When I checked my log it transpired they'd done over 5000 kms!!! So I changed them to Ultremo R's and got a blowout on the penultimate day of TdG Not looked at the tyre, as I replaced the wheel and haven't had a chance to change the tube yet, but will have a look at it tonight... May well be one of the defective tyres!!! Especially as they are only a few weeks old!

There's a thread about this with contacts on the Tritalk forum somewhere.

[Hanneke]

There's a thread about this with contacts on the Tritalk forum somewhere.

Schwalbe's website has told me all... will inspect tyre tonight and if it is faulty, will do the photo evidence e-mail thing...

[Hanneke]

I am grateful that it did not blow while descending off the Bwlch at up to 70 kms/hr

It went immediately after that, while crossing a bridge and going back up the other side of the valley... while I was going slow and got out of the saddle to push...