who would have known that running an even tooth gear set on my fixie would result in popping my tire?
It makes perfect sense: for every crank revolution my rear wheel spins a even number of times. whenever I lock up my tire it will lock up every single time on the exact same contact patch
not paying attention will result in the contact patch wearing through and ultimately popping your tire
I was fortunate that my bike ride had already ended prior to popping my tire, I would have been very far away if it happened any other time, especially skidding everywhere like i was that night
oh well, i fixed it temporarily. I cut a piece of cellphone wallet holder, put it under the wear hole of the tire and patched the tube
I am still going to replace the tire, but I am also going to look into getting a 17 tooth cog or a 51 tooth chain wheel. I currently run a 52 tooth chain wheel and a 16 tooth rear cog, in case you were wondering.
It makes perfect sense: for every crank revolution my rear wheel spins a even number of times. whenever I lock up my tire it will lock up every single time on the exact same contact patch
not paying attention will result in the contact patch wearing through and ultimately popping your tire
I was fortunate that my bike ride had already ended prior to popping my tire, I would have been very far away if it happened any other time, especially skidding everywhere like i was that night
oh well, i fixed it temporarily. I cut a piece of cellphone wallet holder, put it under the wear hole of the tire and patched the tube
I am still going to replace the tire, but I am also going to look into getting a 17 tooth cog or a 51 tooth chain wheel. I currently run a 52 tooth chain wheel and a 16 tooth rear cog, in case you were wondering.
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