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TECH - ASK RICHARD
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| Ask RC
Everything from salt water energy to titanium frames and preventing flat tires... |  |
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| Ask RC: Silencing Wheels
If you install the tube or tubular with the valve stem slightly off center, it wedges against the sides of the rim’s valve hole and remains silent... |  |
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| Ask RC: Loss of Tire Pressure
Over tightening the tubeless valve stem retainer is the cause of most Tubeless leak-downs.... |  |
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| Ask RC: Another Thought on Tire Pressure
Your proper tire pressure depends on your weight, the volume of the tire carcass and how aggressively you pedal.... |  |
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| Ask RC: Tire Pressure Part 2
Tubulars, due to their rounded carcass, can roll smoothly over rough pavement at higher pressures than clinchers.... |  |
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| Ask RC: Tire Pressure
It is best to choose a pressure that allows your tire to deflect and compress slightly as it encounters bumps and rough pavement... |  |
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| Ask RC: Patching Tubular Tires
Mark the hole when it flats so you can find it later. Peel back the base tape just where the hole is.... |  |
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| Ask RC: Disc Brakes On Road Bikes
To incorporate disc brakes at the hub would require beefing up the frame's left-side seat stays, chain stays and fork blade to handle braking torque... |  |
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| Ask RC: The Great Tube Debate
A reader takes issue with RC's advice about tubes and who deserves roadside assistance... |  |
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| Ask RC: Carbon Vs. Titanium
I still maintain that carbon is the first choice for frame materials because of its phenomenal strength-to-weight ratio.... |  |
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