Comments on: Double Puncture Troubles + weekly mileage

By: Dom

Dom — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:22:12 +0000

Yep the flooding’s done for my mileage too. Is that picture from the road to Woodeaton? I tried to persevere through the floods at the start of the week, resulting very cold wet feet as it got a touch deeper than I expected.

By: tejvan

tejvan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:52:56 +0000

Well I’ve never tried doing hill climb eyeballs out interval. I think that would be pretty difficult on rollers. But, it’s high enough to get a good workout.

By: pj

pj — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:26:21 +0000

they’re on my christmas list. can you get HR up high enough?

By: tejvan

tejvan — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:42:01 +0000

Thank Rob,

Great Tip.

By: Rob M

Rob M — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:53:14 +0000

I use Continental Touring Plus tyres for commuting to work and due to the thickness of the puncture protection there have been times when a sharp object has become embedded in the tyre but can be very hard to find. I use the following technique to find any sharpnel that could be hiding in the rebound layer.

Horizontally place the wheel on the floor with the tyre still on. Take the innertube out and place it on the tyre in the exact position that it was in the tyre. Pump up the innertube and look for the place where the air is escaping. Now mark this location on the tyre. Check the inside of the tyre at that location to see if there is anything embedded in the tyre.

The last time I did this I found a piece of bottle glass that I couldn’t feel from the inside and I would not have seen it by visual inspection. I needed to pinch the side of the tyre together and use my fingers like a pair of tweezers to take out the shard of glass.

By: tejvan

tejvan — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:10:50 +0000

Great fun. I might be doing quite a bit on rollers in coming weeks, though I haven’t managed more than a one hour session – yet. more fun that turbo.

By: pj

pj — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:57:53 +0000

how are the rollers working out?