More high-geekery, this time related to tyres.\u00a0 By way of explanation, once I’ve finished the ride I’ll turn this blog into a set of ‘real’ web pages and hence I’m dumping random technical content here too.<\/p>\n
When I bought my Courier Nexus bicycle from Edinburgh Bicycle Coop, it came with a set of tyres composed largely of soft cheese.\u00a0 The web says they were probably ‘Continental Sport Contact’.\u00a0 They barely survived a few weeks of the ‘ned diamonds’ (broken glass) on my work commute, whereas the tyres I had on my previous bike (Schwalbe Marathons) had lasted ages without problem.\u00a0 So I switched them over to the Nexus and they’ve lasted 1.5 years so far.\u00a0 Awesomely reliable tyres, and I’d totally recommend them.<\/p>\n
So, coming up towards LEJOG I thought it might be a plan to put on a fresh set of tyres (as some kind of puncture insurance).\u00a0 But now that’s a whole new world of tech and numbers to grok.\u00a0 Once again, I’ll use the tyres I bought as an example – they were Schwalbe Marathon 40-559 26×1.5 HS 368 kevlar guard 50EPI with reflex side walls.\u00a0 Which all translates to:<\/span><\/p>\n