Sibreen
Maximum Pace
- Jul 23, 2010
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My bike is a bog-standard steel tourer with Fulcrum Racing 5s and 26mm wide tires. I ride a lot of hills and mountains, and there are often gravel roads or unpaved paths that I want to go down and explore but don't because I'm worried about punctures.
I went down a gravelly road (paved, but almost completely covered with stones and gravel and branches and stuff) last week and, lo and behold, I got a puncture.
Is there anyway to set this bike up cheaply so that I can ride such paths - for example, is it simply a case of getting fatter, knobby tires?
Or, would I need new wheels, or brakes, or something else that I haven't even considered?
I can't afford a new bike.
I went down a gravelly road (paved, but almost completely covered with stones and gravel and branches and stuff) last week and, lo and behold, I got a puncture.
Is there anyway to set this bike up cheaply so that I can ride such paths - for example, is it simply a case of getting fatter, knobby tires?
Or, would I need new wheels, or brakes, or something else that I haven't even considered?
I can't afford a new bike.