tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post1828127963226651055..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: When Crabon AttacksBikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-77270471725198912602019-04-09T09:38:12.423-04:002019-04-09T09:38:12.423-04:00I once went for a leisure ride with a full-on-fred...I once went for a leisure ride with a full-on-fred neighbor - his crabon rims hot a little rock and ruined our ride. No Thank You.<br /><br />(My dog ate my homework and made me tardy)JLRBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-68182870854290213422019-04-05T20:03:03.268-04:002019-04-05T20:03:03.268-04:00The issue is tubeless compatible rims. They have ...The issue is tubeless compatible rims. They have to be a tight fit so there are a lot of rim-tire combinations that just dont work. The irony is that a high quality tire (supple casing) is far and away the most important thing from a performance standpoint, and the best tires (Vittoria, Challenge, ReneHerse) generally dont work well with tubeless setups. People will do so much for a perceived performance gain... but you are going to add 50 mL of liquid to your wheel?! Makes no sense. If pinch flatting is an issue, either use a wider tire, use tubulars, or add sealant to a tube. Tubeless sucks.Conradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82432172936135822552019-04-04T11:07:16.591-04:002019-04-04T11:07:16.591-04:00where is this nice looking trail in the last pic?where is this nice looking trail in the last pic?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05120387210637675508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-43179766947392537602019-04-03T08:53:45.809-04:002019-04-03T08:53:45.809-04:00No, not Theresa May. It's Einstein's defin...No, not Theresa May. It's Einstein's definition of insanity.Winnicyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792357827558590827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-76684126972375796202019-04-03T03:58:07.186-04:002019-04-03T03:58:07.186-04:00Goes back to the old "carbon clinchers" ...Goes back to the old "carbon clinchers" are an oxymoron. Or is it they are for morons? Reminds me of the old Spinergy Rev-X wheels of death. A guy who'd already suffered (luckily for him the wheel failed but not catastrophically) one failure comes back to the shop for yet another warranty replacement, but then goes f--ing nuts when a suggestion is made that he might want to get his money back from Spinergy and spend it on a different wheelset. <br />What do they call that when someone repeats the experiment over and over somehow expecting the result to be different? No, not Theresa May, but I can remember the same stupidity with a Ringle (remember them?) seatpost that snapped off cleanly at the seat collar. Customer wanted a replacement and took offense at the idea of using something else. Or how 'bout the IBIS titanium stem that snapped.....I could go on all day...what is it about bicycle riders?Larry and Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346445393389942837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-59556402012401487892019-04-02T18:46:26.610-04:002019-04-02T18:46:26.610-04:00I'd always assumed that was due to rim brake r...I'd always assumed that was due to rim brake rub but perhaps there is more to it. Disc brakes on wooden wheels may be the way to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-31981356101719861422019-04-02T18:41:06.444-04:002019-04-02T18:41:06.444-04:00More ranting: my friend and I had the same Enves,...More ranting: my friend and I had the same Enves, but he had disc brakes and I have rim brakes: no difference whatsoever, both wheelsets absolutely shredded tires. He got new Enves under warranty, but they still pop tubes. Being rich, I simply bought Zipps and threw the Enves away.<br /><br />The sharp edge inside the rim has nothing to do with tire manufacturers, and everything to do with terrible, terrible engineering and quality control from Enve. Also, it's very Enve to blame tire manufacturers and customers for what is clearly Enve's shitty defect. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-87179727752429348992019-04-02T18:33:55.737-04:002019-04-02T18:33:55.737-04:00I had Enves that I replaced with Zipps after the E...I had Enves that I replaced with Zipps after the Enves chewed through Vittorias and Michelins like it was their job. The problem is that Enve's have a rough edge facing the tire sidewall. This edge chews through the tire. Once it is past the tire, the tube has only minutes to live. After the catastrophic tube failure, the tire cannot be reused--you can't even make it 10 miles home before the compromised tire will let the Enve razor's edge cut through the new tube. <br /><br />You can sand the edge down, which is a fun project after you paid a lot for these pieces of shit, or you can trade for Zipps. <br /><br />Bonus: GOOD LUCK getting the tire off / on out of the road with these damn tubeless rims, they are way too tight for useful function.<br /><br />Fuck Enve. Never buying their stuff again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-85076610623295240572019-04-02T17:58:01.930-04:002019-04-02T17:58:01.930-04:00Matt,
Not sure why dick breaks would have anythin...Matt,<br /><br />Not sure why dick breaks would have anything to do with it. I believe it's tires with cotton casings having the problem (makes sense when you feel how sharp the inside edge of the rim is), and I'm going to guess you're not using cotton MTB tires. "Why now?" is a good question. Maybe it has to do with a move to tubeless compatibility and corresponding change in rim shape...? <br /><br />--Tan TenovoBikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-48430187029830650452019-04-02T17:12:48.089-04:002019-04-02T17:12:48.089-04:00It sounds like it's all the clinchers (open tu...It sounds like it's all the clinchers (open tubulars are still clinchers) that have the failing tires...wonder if there is any failures of those w/ disc (dick) brakes. My mtb came w/ enve wheels (got the entire bike as a 1 yr old demo for a bit more than the cost of a new set of enve wheels, not a bad deal IMO). I have no complaints whatsoever w/ the wheels, they are indeed pretty awesome. I've ridden clincher carbons a time or 2, and all I can say is HOLY SMOKES THE BRAKING SUCKS (as compared to discs). Sheesh...might as well do the Fred Flintstone and drag your feet to stop (tennis shoes would be good here). And if you get the rims wet I think it actually accelerates the bike rather than brakes. The discs are pretty much perfect all the time (my new gravel bike has discs too, and they are SO MUCH BETTER than rim brakes that it's hard to ride my old road bike anymore...my Campy Skeleton brakes suddenly feel like I'm a kid back on a Huffy w/ those red blocks of stone or whatever they used for brakes). My only question is "why now?" There have been carbon clinchers for YEARS and I've never head of this until today (tire beads failing). Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517087265569164625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-15444410797332916722019-04-02T16:52:03.232-04:002019-04-02T16:52:03.232-04:00I think it's primarily due to tire manufacture...I think it's primarily due to tire manufacturers omitting that component that serves to protect sidewall from the rim bead. Jobst Brandt raised the alarm on this years ago...<br />-SergioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-25365558761809209752019-04-02T16:44:28.383-04:002019-04-02T16:44:28.383-04:00Sounds like you need a rim job. chortle Sounds like you need a rim job. chortle Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-86567693630087450152019-04-02T16:08:08.075-04:002019-04-02T16:08:08.075-04:00Piodio?Piodio?Diefreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-9258115433504304312019-04-02T16:03:04.631-04:002019-04-02T16:03:04.631-04:00Hell, Enve rims for mountain folk eat tires too, b...Hell, Enve rims for mountain folk eat tires too, by cracking/crumpling all the time. It happened five years ago in a Pinkbike review, and it happened a couple of months ago in a Pinkbike review. It’s almost like Enve makes massively overpriced douche parts, and maybe just possibly rims aren’t the best place for crabon’s usual failure modes.<br /><br />Also, do not take this as my endorsement of pinkbike and their dayglo pajama wearing, fullface-helmet-on-a-blue-trail dudebro readership. <br /><br />https://ep1.pinkbike.org/p4pb16857521/p4pb16857521.jpgPist Offnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82194201847302910492019-04-02T15:44:10.604-04:002019-04-02T15:44:10.604-04:00For a tire company response see www.challengetech....For a tire company response see www.challengetech.it/info/faq/enAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-68653279596108981962019-04-02T15:39:48.134-04:002019-04-02T15:39:48.134-04:00I have an Enve fork, but back then they were calli...I have an Enve fork, but back then they were calling themselves Edge, so that's okay right? Right?<br /><br />Also, 32 hole aluminum Mavic Open Pro rims are pretty much the bee's knees AND the mutt's nuts. Not light, or aero, but don't gnaw through sidewalls like it's their job.1904 Cadardinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-78368008860041500082019-04-02T15:36:33.037-04:002019-04-02T15:36:33.037-04:00That "Just Kidding" meme never stops bei...That "Just Kidding" meme never stops being funny.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476794462811238981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-37592869961421118092019-04-02T15:28:13.804-04:002019-04-02T15:28:13.804-04:00Hooray for riding simple bikes in regular clothing...Hooray for riding simple bikes in regular clothing : )HDEBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-63782584693292902802019-04-02T15:09:32.844-04:002019-04-02T15:09:32.844-04:00Podium and read the postiumPodium and read the postiummanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14825819771373993710noreply@blogger.com