Dear Collective,
I'm looking for a bit of wisdom regarding wheels.
I have my lovely Beta Alp 4.0 which has two wheels. Currently I have MT43 trials tyres on it because I attend (sometimes) long distance trials which dictate that I need trials tyres.
It came with MT21 tyres which I still have unused (and haven't managed to sell) which got me thinking. If I want to go bimbling around some lanes, I'd rather have the MT21s on the bike and save the trials tyres for the trials, as they wear out a bit quick for general use. I did the 1st rear in about 1000 miles.
Now, I have the hands of a work shy office worker so I'm not going to be regularly changing tyres manually. Nor am I going to try Mikeyboy's patience by popping over to his workshop every time I want my tyres changing.
I thought, how about a spare set of wheels. Even with a few months training, I should be able to learn how to change the wheels.
The question for the collective wisdom is, what wheels, where from, how much, I really don't need them to be competition spec, but some nice wheels that I can justify the cost of.
I appreciate I'll need disks, rim locks and a sprocket as well.
Discuss.
Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for a bit of wisdom regarding wheels.
I have my lovely Beta Alp 4.0 which has two wheels. Currently I have MT43 trials tyres on it because I attend (sometimes) long distance trials which dictate that I need trials tyres.
It came with MT21 tyres which I still have unused (and haven't managed to sell) which got me thinking. If I want to go bimbling around some lanes, I'd rather have the MT21s on the bike and save the trials tyres for the trials, as they wear out a bit quick for general use. I did the 1st rear in about 1000 miles.
Now, I have the hands of a work shy office worker so I'm not going to be regularly changing tyres manually. Nor am I going to try Mikeyboy's patience by popping over to his workshop every time I want my tyres changing.
I thought, how about a spare set of wheels. Even with a few months training, I should be able to learn how to change the wheels.
The question for the collective wisdom is, what wheels, where from, how much, I really don't need them to be competition spec, but some nice wheels that I can justify the cost of.
I appreciate I'll need disks, rim locks and a sprocket as well.
Discuss.
Thanks in advance.