After Thursday's downerfest post Marcy and I decided to stay home on Friday to try to recharge the internal batteries. I still worked from home but I was able to sleep in. 10 hours of sleep later and my body and mental state are in a much better place. It is amazing what prolonged sleep deprivation can do to you.
Final prep is happening for tomorrow's race, the most important of which was getting the race treads mounted up on the Stan's tubelrss rims. The rear Maxxis Ignitor mounted up lickity split but the front was a total biznatch. Many, many, many tries later I was about to give up when it FINALLY seated. Of course, as soon as it did a big sidewall cut became apparent from the white Stans goop spray. That makes 3 Ignitors with full knobs left but no sidewalls. No more Ignitors for me. So I made a made dash to Bikeman, picked up a Bonty AC (about all they happened to have for racy treads on hand. Back home the Bonty mounted up easily and was holding air and a quick ride proved that the tire would hold air. Hopefully it'll hold up in tomorrow's race. Time will tell.
All for now.
2 comments:
I'm using the tubeless system with Maxxis Larsen TT. They suck in muddy conditions but if you have dry conditions these babies rock.
the problem is that I'm on a 29'er. Much fewer tire choices. I'd have oodles of options on 26". Thanks for the recommendation though.
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