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« Reply #2685 on: February 11, 2013, 03:11:12 PM » |
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Anybody have experience riding with a internal plug? I got a small nail in my rear tire and I had it internally plugged.  |
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« Reply #2686 on: February 11, 2013, 04:58:50 PM » |
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Anybody have experience riding with a internal plug? I got a small nail in my rear tire and I had it internally plugged. Internal plug or patch? I had a hole plugged lasted about 40 miles I think.....the tire was very good only about 3K miles on....then the MM's patched it and was good for the remainder of that tires life. It was always in the back of my mind though....is it going to fail!!? |
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« Reply #2687 on: February 11, 2013, 06:19:48 PM » |
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Had a fairly new Michelin 2CT rear repaired by SSD with a "mushroom" plug/patch and it went another 5k miles before I replaced it due to wear...
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« Reply #2688 on: February 11, 2013, 08:00:20 PM » |
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It's a internal plug, but I do have that thought in the of my head.... "What if it fails"
I'll ride it out and see if I lose air pressure as I continue to ride on it and feel it out.
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« Reply #2689 on: February 13, 2013, 08:49:21 AM » |
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 FROM FRIDAY ON AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WE EXPECT INCREASING TRADE WIND SHOWER ACTIVITY. THIS CHANGE IS A RESULT OF THE A SERIES OF MID LEVEL TROUGHS MOVING OVER THE ISLANDS. THE FIRST OF TWO TROUGHS WILL SETTLE NEAR THE BIG ISLAND...SLIGHT DESTABILIZING THE AIR MASS OVER THE ISLANDS. THE SECOND TROUGH...ARRIVING OVER THE WEEKEND...WILL DEEPEN THE TROUGH ALREADY IN PLACE. AS A RESULT...WE MAY HAVE A WET TRADE WIND PATTERN BY SUNDAY. THE MODELS...BOTH ECMWF AND GFS ARE SUGGESTING THIS INCREASE IN SHOWERS INITIALLY FAVORING WINDWARD MAUI AND THE BIG ISLAND THEN SPREADING TO KAUAI SUNDAY. 
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« Reply #2690 on: February 16, 2013, 04:57:23 PM » |
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Who's ready for some riding tomorrow?
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« Reply #2691 on: February 16, 2013, 07:23:48 PM » |
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Who's ready for some riding tomorrow?
Supposed to rain tomorrow, but if it's anything close to today I'll be...  |
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« Reply #2692 on: February 17, 2013, 01:01:09 AM » |
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Supposed to rain tomorrow, but if it's anything close to today I'll be... +1 |
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No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori. Good people drink good beer. Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.
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« Reply #2693 on: February 17, 2013, 10:25:29 AM » |
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Well, the sun's making an appearance on this side, so I'll be heading down to JJ around 9:00ish...keeping my fingers crossed...
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« Reply #2694 on: February 17, 2013, 10:32:59 AM » |
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Well, the sun's making an appearance on this side, so I'll be heading down to JJ around 9:00ish...keeping my fingers crossed...
Me too in a bit. As I sit and type this there is a squall shower line coming through over Enchanted Lakes / Kailua. It doesn't look too wide judging by the edge over the north side of Waimanalo but it'll make the road wet for a bit. It's going to take me about 20 mins to unload the car and get ready to go so I have report back in a few. |
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« Reply #2695 on: February 17, 2013, 11:01:04 AM » |
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It cleared. The bike is warming up now.
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« Reply #2696 on: February 17, 2013, 03:48:10 PM » |
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All in all a good day. Had some fun moments and any ride that starts out wet but ends up dry can't be all bad.  |
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« Reply #2697 on: February 17, 2013, 04:49:54 PM » |
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All in all a good day. Had some fun moments and any ride that starts out wet but ends up dry can't be all bad. Yup...nice lead today MD, you made it interesting/fun.... On another note, my bike felt pretty squirrely in the wind today, expecially when the road was straight and the surface crappy...wonder if it's the lighter wheels... |
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« Reply #2698 on: February 17, 2013, 07:00:43 PM » |
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I think the wind was affecting all of us. That's why you saw me pulling into a tuck a few different times. It wasn't just for show. I was trying to get as small as possible.
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No modification goes unpunished. Memento mori. Good people drink good beer. Things happen pretty fast at high speeds.
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« Reply #2699 on: February 17, 2013, 07:17:49 PM » |
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I think it was partially that, but mostly the owner/operator...after I had the wheels installed the ride was a tad harsher so I thought I would back off the fork compression damping a tad, turns out I stiffened it 1/2 turn instead of softening it...I just checked the setting and evidently when I made the adjustment I zeroed the adjuster and then backed out 1 1/2 turns instead of 2 1/2...  ...and maybe that's why the bike felt like it was on rails in the sweepers today, or maybe that was just an old man's imagination... |
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