Transcontinental (and other UltraCycling Events) for Dummies - Part 1
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- I set up my bike for Ultracyling and share some thoughts on my longdistance setup.
Why should you use 35-40mm tires? What does really matter for the average guy? what Makes your bike Fast? What will bring you to the finishline? Tire Setup and Aerodynamics ?
Bike and bags are mounted only for the Demonstration. Not 100percent racesetup.
0:00 Introduction
1:48 Secure Bike
4:00 Efficient Bike
6:41 Xtra Comfortable Bike
10:35 Yummy Bike
11:00 Training Plan
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Thank you for taking time to share tips. Very interesting and helpful.
yummy! Danke! Make my day! Cooles Video. Sehr gute Stimme. Sehr gute Facts. Freue mich auf deine kommenden Videos! LG
Hi David, thank you for sharing your experience with setting up a TCR bike. I really appreciate it and hope to participate in the TCR someday as well. Keep sharing ultra-cycling info!
Thx, there will be Part 2 and 3 soon
I am an ultra cyclist and volunteered for the TCR in 2023. I was surprised how few people were on tubeless tires. Some had 20+ punctures.
yeah crazy , a good tubeless setup is key, and in worst case you put a tube in later, i will come to that in part 2 and 3
TCR 2023 hattest du eine wirklich kurze Route. Vielleicht magst du einen Einblick geben, wie du die Planung für dich angegangen bist?! … ✨✨✨Grüße ✨✨✨
I think this whole tubeless v/s inner-tubes discussion misses the broader picture: the goal is to have a tire setup that you can rely on.
When you regularly get punctures you should look into how you could minimize them. Perhaps you should use a sturdier tire? Perhaps you should try tubeless? Perhaps you're running too high/low pressure? There's no right or wrong answer. What might work best for you, might not work for somebody else.
On the other hand, if you very rarely get punctures, there's no need to run to the tubeless camp. Tubeless comes with its own downsides. Like the sealant squirting out through the hole all over your equipment and clothes. Or how messy it gets when it fails to seal and you need to resort to backup inner tube - presuming you're able to even get that tight-fitting tubeless-ready tire off the rim in the first place. Or when the sealant clogs up the valve, so you'll have trouble pumping up the tire.
@@ReneSaarsoo hi , i tried many different Setups, but the Statistic and data Shows clearly: once you have a proper tubeless setup you will have a) less Rolling Résistance b) less „Micro Flats“ from Little Piercings and nearly no snake bites.
all your Arguments are correct though, but Most of them are Problems caused by a Bad setup.
Of course you can run super Heavy tires with no issues but they will just Not role that nice.
But Thats Why i suggest 35-38mm tires as a compromis
@David46m It might very well be that the tubeless setup is strictly superior to inner tubes. But I can't see it as anything else than a marginal gain.
People rode ultra distances long before tubeless tires were invented, and they did just fine. There are still lots of bikes around that don't have tubeless-compatible wheels. You don't need to get a new set of wheels or a new bike to complete the Transcontinental.
Last summer I rode with a guy who had inner tubes with so many patches that you could hardly find a place without one. He had a single huge front chainring and a few tiny cogs at the back. He told me that he likes to push a big gear. He wore a random selection of various non-cyclings-specific clothes. I think his bib-shorts were like 10 years old. He carried his stuff in an uncomfortable-looking back back. His plan was a loop of 1000 km, with no sleep.
I saw oh so many problems with his setup... but he did just fine.
Wow I have got some flashbacks from the university. I tried aerobars, but they were really dangerous on bad roads/ pot holes. I love the 38 cm wide handlebars though. But it doesn't have much real estate. Riding with a handlebar bag is basically impossible.
Welchen Reifen würdest du aus heutiger Sicht fürs TCR empfehlen. TCR No11 wird wahrscheinlich nicht unter 5.000km zu fahren sein, welcher Reifen macht das mit? … nett gemacht deine Videos. Bin gespannt, was du noch teilst. Vielleicht mal: „Wie sieht es aus mit Essensstrategie“ ??
Hi Alex, wow 5000 Kilometer ist natürlich ein Wort, ich kenne kaum einen gut rollenden Hinterreifen der das mitmacht.
Recht langlebig war mein specialized mondo. Evtl macht es Sinn bei halber Strecke sich die Zeit zu nehmen und vorne und hinten einmal zu tauschen. Oder gezielt einen stop mit gutem radladen einzu planen wo du einen neuen Hinterreifen montierst.
Zum Thema essen sage ich was in den anderen Videos
Zum einen glaube ich nicht an die 5000km, zum anderen halten meine Schwalbe Pro One regelmäßig 8-9000km. Kein Grund zur Panik.
@ ja die Route ist ja noch nicht wirklich raus. Welchen pro one genau fährst du, klingt interessant
@David46m Ich habe kurz im BRouter experimentiert und bin auf etwa 4500 gekommen. Durch die Parcours wird da wohl noch was draufgeschlagen, aber keine 500km.
Ich fahre derzeit Schwalbe Pro ONE Super Race Addix EVO V-Guard TLE. Wobei ich mir für eine Schotter-Orgie wie TCR mal die Specialized Mondo anschauen würde.
@ ja mal abwarten was genau raus kommt. Danke für die Infos, je nach routenwahl , Höhenmeter-Abneigung, kann es aber schon sein dass einige Leute an den 5000km dann kratzen
What tyres are you running on that lovely bike?
@@AdamJones-kk5xk at the Moment 45mm Terra Speed
Some crazy flare that duals have. I doubt it's ergonomic in any way
You mean the handelbar or the aerobars? For me it felt Really Nice, the handelbar could be less wide, but i didnt wanted to change it back then