Todays permitted exercise!

[Graham Breeze]

Caution Graham;

Marathon Plus is a road touring tyre.

For off-road you want the Marathon Plus 'Tour'

Ian.

Ian

Noted.Thanks

Graham

[Mark G]

Just to add to the confusion Graham, have you considered Marathon Mondials? I have 700x35 on my Tour de Fer and they seem a good compromise.

[molehill]

I have WTB Resolute 700x42 tubeless on my gravel bike, but I couldn't tell you anything about them other than my mate said "buy those" and he put them on for me! Certainly better than the tyres the bike came with and the extra width gives me some grip off road, which I need on the forest tracks as even with these I spin on loose gravel going up hills.

[Graham Breeze]

I have WTB Resolute 700x42 tubeless on my gravel bike, but I couldn't tell you anything about them other than my mate said "buy those" and he put them on for me! Certainly better than the tyres the bike came with and the extra width gives me some grip off road, which I need on the forest tracks as even with these I spin on loose gravel going up hills.

Thanks.

I knew it would be a mistake to go from 4 bikes to 2. Not enough wheels now

Interestingly all 4 had different brake lever change mechanisms for the gears and momentarily forgetting which bike I am on when climbing does quickly concentrate the mind.

[wheezing donkey]

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Interestingly all 4 had different brake lever change mechanisms for the gears and momentarily forgetting which bike I am on when climbing does quickly concentrate the mind.

I have 4 bikes (only 3 currently in use )

One is a fixie - no trouble, as Brett says "Fix your wheel and free your mind"

The Sportive has Ultegra STI.

The 'crosser (currently mothballed) and the monster cross are both XT 3x9 with bar end shifters.

[bigfella]

momentarily forgetting which bike I am on when climbing does quickly concentrate the mind.

Possibly not as quickly as when descending.

[brett]

I've just bought another fixed!!

One is a fixie - no trouble, as Brett says "Fix your wheel and free your mind"

[Graham Breeze]

I've just bought another fixed!!

Have you worn the other one out?

[Mark G]

Thanks.

I knew it would be a mistake to go from 4 bikes to 2. Not enough wheels now

Interestingly all 4 had different brake lever change mechanisms for the gears and momentarily forgetting which bike I am on when climbing does quickly concentrate the mind.

I went from 3 bikes to 2 (a tourer and a road bike). It didn't last, I bought a cheap basic mountain bike,just the thing for leaving at the start of a run or race somewhere, not the end of the world if it gets rusty or stolen.

[Stagger]

I've just bought another fixed!!

Just watching Paris Roubaix 2016. Not a fixie in sight.