Long Term Review of my Vittoria Terreno Dry G2.0 TNT Tubeless Tyres Product Reviews by MuddyGoose - April 17, 2020April 17, 202011 I'm going to make an early declaration that here in the UK the winter is now over! We've started April with nothing but blue skies and sunshine and had barely a drop of rain, there's been some cool mornings but nothing leading to proper frost. So now that I've said that we can expect the weather to change suddenly, storms to roll in and the BBQs to be well and truly packed away again! But anyway, there is a purpose to this opener; my winter tyres will soon be coming off the rims and a pair of fresh slicker summer tyres taking their place. A good time for a review of how they have performed then. Let's go back to
Giving the new gravel tyres a true test in the Yorkshire Dales Product Reviews Views & Opinion Yorkshire Yorkshire Dales by MuddyGoose - November 9, 2019April 17, 20203 Anyone who's had their ear to the ground will know about my recent purchase of some gravel tyres. For me they are going to be my road bike winter tyres too. I have had them for a few weeks now and on my way up to Scotland for work I found a good opportunity to give them a good and proper testing! In the Yorkshire Dales riding out from Settle. I don't intend this to be a review of my tyres. That will be saved until another day/blog post but I may well mention them a few times all the same. Instead this is my remarks on riding in the Yorkshire Dales, on road, off road and up hills. Including a
Tubeless Tyre Update – repairs and top ups. Maintenance by MuddyGoose - October 7, 2019October 7, 20190 Some people seem to have an impression of infallibility when it comes to tubeless bike tyres. I guess it makes sense having seen some of the marketing hype. Unfortunately some of that marketing hype makes other cynical types call it all hype and set their stall out at the other extreme. But in some ways I think that's just indicative of the days that we're living in today. The extremes taking entrenched positions and backing up their own views with a narrow slice of internet 'evidence'. Enough of the philosophy though, let's get back to bikes! I like to give an even and reliable account, so here's an update of my recent tubeless tyre experiences. When I was out riding
Road Tubeless – My views (2016) Views & Opinion by MuddyGoose - April 13, 20160 Tubeless tyre technology has become a huge thing in the mountain biking world. It arrived properly several years ago and has gone from strength to strength with a huge range of tubeless wheel & tyre options available today. I too joined in, as a relatively early adopter, with a self assembled wheelset based around Mavic XM-819 rims and paired them with some UST Schwalbe Nobby Nic tyres. But what about road cycling? 624