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7:11 am
July 8, 2011
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Mark G
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Any update on the results from Team Swift this week? I could not make it still on the course in S Yorks
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9:45 am
July 8, 2011
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Dan Joyce
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I went to pump my tyres up at the HQ and discovered that the presta valve core on my rear wheel was knackered. There's a little tiny bit of rubber in there - like the washer on a tap - and it had perished. I had sealant with me and could have fixed a puncture, but without pliers or a spare valve core (or the spare tub I usually have with me  ), I was stuffed. Went in a told them I was a DNS. Then went home.
I hadn't really thought about it before but you're probably more at risk of a failed valve on tubs as you're not changing innertubes (and hence valves) now and then like you are with clinchers. I'll carry a spare presta valve core in future.
Paulo and Matthew were there. Don't know how they got on as I didn't hang around.
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10:01 am
July 8, 2011
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Tommo
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Team Swift Race 4 of 5 Hull 10m V718 - 6-7-11
18°C SSW wind at 17mph at 19:00 dropped to 6mph by 20:00 Dry course with no rain which was better than I thought after a thunder storm in Scarborough late afternoon.
Results:
D Thompson…………………21:06 Scarborough Paragon CC
M Storey………………………21.27 Scarborough Paragon CC M Enticknap………………….22:05 TEF
P Hickman…………………….22:24 TEF
M Scott……………………….22:50 Scarborough Paragon CC
L Scott………………………..22:50 Scarborough Paragon CC
M Purnell…………………….22:52 Scarborough Paragon CC
T Graves…………………….26:57 Scarborough Paragon CC
M Graves…………………….27:32 Scarborough Paragon CC
So 4-0 to SPCC with 1 round left.  |
5m 10:15 - 10m 19:28 - 15m 31:06 - 25m 52:58 - 30m 1:05:34 - 50m 1:47:36 - 100m 3:47:15 - 12Hr 274.69m
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10:05 am
July 8, 2011
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Tommo
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Dan Joyce said:
I'll carry a spare presta valve core in future.
Better still take a 2 spare wheels (front+rear) with you even if they are just old one's/training one's it's better than driving all that way to turn round and go back home.
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5m 10:15 - 10m 19:28 - 15m 31:06 - 25m 52:58 - 30m 1:05:34 - 50m 1:47:36 - 100m 3:47:15 - 12Hr 274.69m
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10:21 am
July 8, 2011
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Dan Joyce
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Aye, I know it now. Matthew suggested I borrow a wheel at the time. (Not an easy option, since I ride fixed with a narrower OLN measurement.) 'I've got spare wheels,' I told him. 'They're just at home!' Oh well, the burnt hand teaches best. It's only the second mechanical I've had TTing (I broke a chain several years ago). Got complacent.
Sod's law says you get bike problems when you're feeling good too, never the other way around…
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11:01 am
July 8, 2011
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Bullwinkle
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Sorry to hear your valve problem Dan, having seen you there, I was windering why you were a DNS.
Had a similar issue on the last Team Swift, rode the last mile + on a rapidly deflating rear tub, miracuously did not damage the rim, but was not about to give in.  When I got it home turned out the valve was the problem 
As a result I had both a full spare tub in the boot of the car, along with tub tape and spare presta valves. 
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