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Jeff
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First bike, had it for a while and I got my first flat today. I have a pair of Bontrager tires both
front and back and after going over the tire in the garage I caught a fairly obvious piece of glass
embedded into the tire. Picture a piece of glass, about the size of a watermelon seed, about 4-5 mm
square, wedge shaped. I worked it out of the tire, and resigned myself to going by the bike store to
replace the tube.
My first question is, do I need to replace the tire too? I mean, it was, like I said, about the
size of a watermelon seed, and after working it out of the tire, there's definitely a "spot" there.
But once you put a new tube in, is it an issue? I'm not *that* strapped, so a new tire isn't out of
the question, just a pain in the wallet. I know it sounds like a stupid question, but this is my
first "nice" bike and I honestly dunno how these things behave at higher speeds on roads filled to
the max...
Second. I was riding today to test out some new cleats, and I liked them, I just wish they were
more...I dunno..."snug"? It just seems kinda like they 'float' a little in the pedal. They're SPDs,
Shimano, and I was wondering if it was as easy as turning the allen bolt on the leading edge of the
pedal, and if so, do I rotate it and tighten the other one the same amount? And what's the best way
to determine how tight you're going, just hop on and keep pedaling around a little after you tighten
it a little until it's as "snug" in the pedal as you're comfortable with? Is it even *supposed* to
be "snug"? I don't personally like it when the pedal moves around a lot, it makes me feel like my
cleats are all lose. I like to clip into them and be tight. At least that was my experience on my
mountain bike, and it felt really nice and secure. Is this what I'm after? Just a little tightening
of that allen bolt?
Thanks, like I said, sounds kinda silly, but this is my first Road bike, and I wanna make sure I'm
doing the right thing...
front and back and after going over the tire in the garage I caught a fairly obvious piece of glass
embedded into the tire. Picture a piece of glass, about the size of a watermelon seed, about 4-5 mm
square, wedge shaped. I worked it out of the tire, and resigned myself to going by the bike store to
replace the tube.
My first question is, do I need to replace the tire too? I mean, it was, like I said, about the
size of a watermelon seed, and after working it out of the tire, there's definitely a "spot" there.
But once you put a new tube in, is it an issue? I'm not *that* strapped, so a new tire isn't out of
the question, just a pain in the wallet. I know it sounds like a stupid question, but this is my
first "nice" bike and I honestly dunno how these things behave at higher speeds on roads filled to
the max...
Second. I was riding today to test out some new cleats, and I liked them, I just wish they were
more...I dunno..."snug"? It just seems kinda like they 'float' a little in the pedal. They're SPDs,
Shimano, and I was wondering if it was as easy as turning the allen bolt on the leading edge of the
pedal, and if so, do I rotate it and tighten the other one the same amount? And what's the best way
to determine how tight you're going, just hop on and keep pedaling around a little after you tighten
it a little until it's as "snug" in the pedal as you're comfortable with? Is it even *supposed* to
be "snug"? I don't personally like it when the pedal moves around a lot, it makes me feel like my
cleats are all lose. I like to clip into them and be tight. At least that was my experience on my
mountain bike, and it felt really nice and secure. Is this what I'm after? Just a little tightening
of that allen bolt?
Thanks, like I said, sounds kinda silly, but this is my first Road bike, and I wanna make sure I'm
doing the right thing...
