Some Things Never Change

Tubular tyre

I changed the rear tyre on the bike I use on my turbo trainer recently.

The bike I use is pretty old. I had it 20 years ago and at the time it was pretty good. Top of the range Reynolds 753 steel frame with Campagnolo groupset, nice wheels and all the trimmings… However by modern standards it is an antique. Steel is rarely used these days instead aluminium or carbon fibre is king. The components, especially the drive chain and gearing look ancient. No things such as indexed gears or 20 speeds for me, just old-fashioned non-indexed 14 speed gearing with a tiny little rear cassette.

Also, the fact that it has tubular tyres rather than clinchers means that it isn’t ideal for the turbo trainer. You can’t get turbo-trainer specifuc tubular tyres so I decided the best thing to do was to find something similar to what I had on there before. The ones I had one there were 20 years old and had spent most of that time drying out and cracking in the shed.

A quick look online though and I found some that weren’t too expensive. I ordered one and couldn’t quite believe it when it arrived. It was exactly the same as the one on there. Not just the same make and model but every aspect of it was identical, right down to the graphics and branding. It’s kind of reassuring that some things never change.. Either that or I’ve just bought a tubular tyre that has been sitting in a bike shop store room for twenty years!

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Alan Cole

Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.