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Gear Talk / Tire availability
« on: November 19, 2013, 01:30:45 pm »
I'm thinking of touring in central and South America and I'm wondering is it a good idea on a bike equipped with 700  wheels.
I've heard amazon  . Com is in brazil  is this true and if so has anyone here ordered through them while on tour in S.A.?
Thank you for your time

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Classifieds / SOLD- Speedplay - chromoly light action pedals
« on: October 26, 2011, 10:21:14 am »
i put'em on ebay. they sold in less than 24 hours for $50


thank you for your time.
neighbor

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Classifieds / SOLD- Speedplay chromoly light action pedals
« on: October 24, 2011, 03:27:37 pm »
Lightly used, smooth as silk, you can still see the "R" and "L" on the platform.
$60.00 plus shipping, they go for $115.00 brand new.
here's a link to the specs. and reviews.
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/ProductDisplay?storeId=10053&langId=-1&catalogId=10052&productId=199677&cm_mmc=$(referrer)$-_-Bike%20Parts-_-SpeedPlay-_-SP-LI&CSE=GooglePS&mr:trackingCode=DB271C95-1282-DE11-B7F3-0019B9C043EB&mr:referralID=NA

thank you for your time,
neighbor

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Classifieds / Re: Kago-Miyata World Traveller 54 inch, for sale
« on: October 11, 2011, 10:46:38 am »
54 inch? is that a typo? any photos??

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Routes / Re: Canada to Mexico
« on: October 01, 2011, 11:37:20 am »
That's a FABULOUS link!

Are there similar sites for other States along the route?
 :)


http://www.coloradodot.info/programs/bikeped/colorado-bicycling-maps/scenicbywaysbikemap.pdf/view

just search dot bike map with the desired state you wish to explore

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Routes / current silk road tour blog
« on: September 15, 2011, 10:43:47 pm »
interesting stuff, enjoy.
http://www.cyclingsilk.com/blog/

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Routes / Re: Biking Mexico from Arizona to South America
« on: September 15, 2011, 10:06:10 pm »
the tail end (phase three)of this 2 continent triathalon(currently happening) might interest you.
http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog/hobos/1/tpod.html

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Gear Talk / Re: tire and rim compatability
« on: September 15, 2011, 07:59:23 pm »
The critical number here is the "559" which is the rim's bead seat diameter in mm.  Since both your rim and tire are 559, they are compatible and if the tire won't stay put at any reasonable pressure, something else is wrong.  I agree that you have to be certain they are seated properly and that the tube isn't caught under the tire bead.   

BTW, why was your neightbor discarding them? Any chance the wire beads were broken or badly kinked?

my neighbor had some stuff curbside with a free sign, there was an old univega mt. bike and other stuff. i not sure he knew or may not have valued them for what they were, on a whim i went over and grabbed them because i was looking for tires and don't have alot of $ at the moment. i too didn't know their value until i brought them home and googled them.
     eventually, hopefully by next spring i'll be able to either justify buying a touring bike, surly l.h.t., soma saga, or velo orange, (i don't know enough about them at the moment) or try and turn my mt. bike into a touring bike by making some small adjustments and pulling a trailer. any and all suggestions/help/info, on the subject will be very much appreciated. i'd love to do some l.d. touring, as i've done plenty of l.d. hiking and have traveled to many places on the planet, bike touring just seems to be calling me at the moment.
thanks for everyone's help

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Gear Talk / Re: tire and rim compatability
« on: September 15, 2011, 06:18:01 pm »
thanks lou.
  guess i just need to focus my brain and carry a metric/inch combo tape measure.  i'm thinking maybe i just need to be more careful to see that the tire is seated evenly on the rim, the tube was squeezing out between the tire and rim. seems the tires have been sitting around without being mounted so maybe they need a little more attention initially while pumping them up.
thanks again

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Gear Talk / tire and rim compatability
« on: September 15, 2011, 05:26:10 pm »
well i got a used set of schwalbe marathon (kevlar guard wire bead) tires from a neighbor who was throwing them away, they barely have any wear on them for that i feel very lucky. i'm starting to get the impression they won't fit my mavic X517 sup rims. the tires are 26x1.75 so i bought new tubes to fit the narrower tire but the tire keeps coming off the rim as i pump it up. the rim (which i have always believed to be a 26" rim that always took 26" tires) has these other numbers on it (559x17) and the tire has these numbers on it(47-559). i suspect this may be where the problem lies, am i correct in assuming this?
 jeez, i never knew riding a bike could get so complicated, whatever happened to the good old days?
thanks for any and all imput

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Gear Talk / Re: DEET dissolves helmets
« on: September 15, 2011, 06:40:18 am »
some types of clothing to. while i have yet to bike tour i can usually out hike skeeters, even the thickest clouds.
 when i stop to eat or camp i put on my rain gear, they can't bite through nylon

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General Discussion / Re: Gotta eat, but don't want to cook/boil
« on: September 14, 2011, 07:12:05 am »
raw uncooked ramen (sans flavor packet)is suprisingly good with peanut butter and raisins, just be sure to have some water to wash it down with.

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Gear Talk / Re: info overload, help!
« on: September 14, 2011, 07:05:39 am »
thanks everyone i appreciate all your imput. thanks again

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