This is my first disk, so please excuse my niavete. Do I buy a new tire and tube and just put it on when I race? There’s been a lot of talk about noises coming from the disk,etc. Should I take it to the shop to do or what? Thanks in advance.
better yet slap the tubie on and go race.
just to be clear, it’s a clincher.
Install high performance clincher tire and suitable inner tube. Install/Attach wheel in appropriate manner to tri/time trial race bike. Log suitable amount of road miles in order to become familiar with suttle nuances of riding a disc wheel in various wind conditions. If no race this weekend, protect investment by removing wheel from bicycle and placing it in a suitable wheel bag and hang/store until next race.
**Note - prior to a race, it is usually a good idea to install the wheel on the race bike and take a short - ie < 1 hour - test/training ride to ensure that all is well (not too mention to impress friends and neighbors with really cool disc)!
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**Note - prior to a race, it is usually a good idea to install the wheel on the race bike and take a short - ie < 1 hour - test/training ride to ensure that all is well (not too mention to impress friends and neighbors with really cool disc)!
Very good point, I never just throw the wheels onto the bike as it goes into transition, as I’ve had a valve suddenly die on me after a wheel sat for about 6 months.
I like to scare animals and small children with mine. (Although I did have a 40 year old guy just about jump off the bike path when I went howling by.) Especially shifting under full power, when the echo of the chain banging onto the next sprocket is shockingly loud.
I have a nice tire/tube combo on it and ride relatively frequently. I used to ride with a rear wheel cover all the time, so I am familiar with how a disc feels in the winds, but it took a while to figure out how the bike reacts to various winds/bumps/cars passing/etc. I’d hope to get at least 200-300 miles on it before racing on it, partially to get the feel, and partially to figure out how much faster you can ride with it.
frank at renn says to have 4mm between rim and brake pad (thats 4mm on each side) I had some rubbing issues when climbing it did slow me down, as well as drive me totally insane. it seems like alot of space to me but thats the advice from the man.
I noticed somewhere someone said to put rim tape over ‘the hole?’ I installed my current tire/tube a while back and dont remember any hole but I’m going to take it off and if there is a hole put some rim tape over it (just a small section I think…) - I would hate to flat out given the price of entry fees these days…
The “hole” is the valve stem hole in the rim that you insterted the valve stem through when you installed the tube. you only need a little bit of tape around this to protect the tube from the sharp edges of the hole.