Froggie, my Look 555 today received his first service for 2010 at 11,390 km. The last service was at 9,481 km, so much longer between services than is normal for me with my bikes. I try to do regular services at 500 km intervals (winter-spring) and 1,000 km services during the summer-autumn period. Anyway, this [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Continental’
Bicycles Tyres – Summary of my experience
The topic of tyres and tyre choice comes up frequently in the Australian Cycling Forums and it occurred to me that a summary page would be a good way to share my experiences, hence this post. I have decided to sort the tyres by brand rather than by bike. Hopefully this makes it easy to [...]
Look 555 Maintenance History
This post reflects life on the road with my Froggie, my Look 555. The bike itself and its build, specification, modification along with links to other resources is discussed here. The purpose of this post is to summarise the maintenance and repair history of Froggie. It will be updated as time in the saddle warrants. [...]
Continental Contacts puncture and wear experience review
The purpose of this post is to summarise my wear, puncture rates and ride experience with these with Continental Contacts as fitted to my Surly Long Haul Trucker. The Surly Long Haul Trucker is used as both a commuter (city riding on a mix of road and dual use paths) and touring. It is ridden [...]
Continental Grand Prix 4000 Black Chilli Owner Review
I purchased from ProBikeKit.com two Continental Grand Prix 4000 Black Chilli tyres by mistake. I had meant to order a pair of Grand Prix 4000S to replace the ones previously fitted to my Look 555. Anyway, why do Continental use such similar names for tyres? What is really the difference between the two? The Continental [...]
