Yaay - New Bike Day!

[Lakester]

Boo - Flat tyre on the first evening!

Bought a Trek Powerfly 4 LT this afternoon. Really looking forward to getting to know the bike better. Happy with the feel of how it rides so far, but obviously not happy with a puncture on Ride #1; a fairly tame local one, at that. Probably a pinch or a thorn, but on a 5 mile ride could be anything I suppose.

Have been riding MTBs for 25 years, sticking to roads is NOT my cup of tea! Tend to keep bikes for a long time so my 2008 Gary Fisher xCal 29er has served me well. Have drooled over full suspension bikes for a while, eMTBs for not quite as long but have studied a fair few. I was definitely ready to take the plunge and visited Bike Chain in Reduth today to “browse”! The Powerfly 4 LT got my attention from the start and I left the shop with it about 2 hours, and one test ride, later.

From this (1999) :



To this (2008) :



Now this:

 

[Atlav4]

Enjoy your new wheels, get out and about and try not to grin too much

 

[Fat Rat]

Welcome and enjoy

 

[Lakester]

Enjoy your new wheels, get out and about and try not to grin too much

Out to a local spot yesterday. needed a couple of stops to pump up the front tyre, leak’s not catastrophic out and about but does go completely flat over about 4 hours. Quite a lot of grins!

 

[flecc]

Out to a local spot yesterday. needed a couple of stops to pump up the front tyre, leak’s not catastrophic out and about but does go completely flat over about 4 hours. Quite a lot of grins!

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At least it's slow puncture, luckier than me on one occasion.

I'd received a badly preprepped mail order e-bike with a very soft front tyre so proceeded to pump it up, only to get a huge bang as the tube blew out into ribbons. Unbeknown to me it had been pinched under the tyre bead on the opposite side.

So I had to jump in my car and tour three bike shops before I found the right size tube.

Hope you get years of enjoyment from yours.
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[soundwave]

dump the tubes and go tubeless not had 1 flat tyre in 5 years.

 

[Lakester]

At least it's slow puncture, luckier than me on one occasion.

I'd received a badly preprepped mail order e-bike with a very soft front tyre so proceeded to pump it up, only to get a huge bang as the tube blew out into ribbons. Unbeknown to me it had been pinched under the tyre bead on the opposite side.

So I had to jump in my car and tour three bike shops before I found the right size tube.

Hope you get years of enjoyment from yours.
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Just about to jump on it again as the sun’s shining, the air is clear and there’s a lovely local hill or two to be climbed on Father’s Day!
Luckily my LBS had a tube in stock yesterday, so I’ve at least got one if things go pear-shaped this afternoon.

 

[Lakester]

dump the tubes and go tubeless not had 1 flat tyre in 5 years.

I’m going to do exactly that very soon!