Back on the Krampgrease for todays local offroad ride along the old line to Bishop. Its been a while since i have ridden this line and Durham County Coucil are spending some money resurfacing a couple of sections. One if from the "stinky pond" to old railway station house and both sides of the ramp on the crossing to tow law road. Not sure why the ramps needed doing again, they were perfect and only done approx a year ago. As for the section to the station to the pond again this was well over 6ft to start with, yes the stretch alongside the pond area needed clearing but hey ho let them bash on. Again a very overcast and cool day with little wind and no heavy rain, same old really. Could do with some good overnight frosts to try and get the sun back out again.
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| From station house to pond area |
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| alongside the pond section |
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| One side of the road crossing ramp, surface very loose now |
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This is what we need so good old frost
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Onto 29"er inner tubes update
When i was building the Krampgrease i bought some Surly 3" tubes and then some cheaper Conti 2.5" tubes. The Conti test has been hit and miss on the rear but perfect on the front. Not sure why but the front may get less squashing under body weight etc but i have had a couple of rear punctures and a tear / split down the seam mould on the inside one tube and a hole on inside seam on another. The tube must be stretching too thin to fill the 3" tyre volume. I am now testing some Panaracer 29x2.35" tubes in the rear to see if they last any longer. They are nearly the same weight, same width as the conti's but feel thicker in the hand. It has blown up to full volume and no depressions on the tyre sidewall like the conti near the valve hole so time will tell. I paid £2.78 in next day delivery for the Panaracer & £2.68 for the conti's this time inc next day delivery.
The next option might be to try the tubless route!
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