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that's a pretty snazzy ride

oh. that's bad, huh? seriously - thank you. sid

Brake blocks👍innit The smaller 700 wheel needs the brake blocks moving down to remain central on the rim. If you just stick a 700 into...

Avoid thinking about ANY imperial size descriptions, they create more confusion than assistance. Use the ETRTO number, which is the...

A major source of confusion is that tyres come in an actual measurable size - the bead is rigid so the rim diameter has to be exactly...

thanks for the information & chuckle. i get most of what you explained but don't know about these alleged "blocks" of which you speak...

i agree; kind of got some bad vibrations when working on them. since this is not going to be my daily driver bike, i'm probably going...

combined with my overzealousness to get the tyres & tubes switched over, i think this is where i zigged when i should have zagged. the...

After mounting the tyre, add a little air and make sure that the tyre bead is properly seated before increasing the pressure. This is...

well . . . you fellows must be clairvoyant. my first tube/ tire swap came with a similar bang. when it got to 80# (sidewall indicates...

aww jeez . . . . are the tube i ordered NOT going to work . . . . ps: i just ordered (2 + spare) the SV16 tubes w/ 40 presta from the...

The SV17 will work, although I prefer the slightly narrower SV16, as it is a bit lighter and will stretch to 32mm as well. And anything...

Confusion between tyre outer diameter and wheel outer diameter possibly here?

thanks. the second bike (years back) i ever worked on was a Peugeot and why didn't anyone ever tell me sizes would be different??? but...

Among other things, yes. The best resource regarding this subject I have found is St Sheldon's article on tyre sizing: Tire Sizing