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Bikes: Bianchi Advantage hybrid, Diamondback Outlook mountain bike
The Bianchi came with Araya TX-350 (35 width I assume?), 36-hole wheels. The front wheel is ever so slightly bent and I only noticed it when it was on the bike stand.
Can this be bent back in place or do I need to get a new wheel sooner than later? Are the $40-50 Sta Tru brand wheels on Amazon acceptable or do I have to spend much more to get a decent wheel? The cheaper ones are single wall instead of double....but the double is only 65 which I can live with. The stock size tires are 700x38 and I'd really like to run a thinner tire as I find I'm riding 95% pavement. How thin of a tire can I run on my current wheels? There's a set of Bontrager 700x25 tires going to waste in my storage shed but are those too narrow for my wheels?
I just picked up the Diamondback today for $60 and a tube. The stock tires are almost bald and are 26x2.0 . I want something that rolls extremely well yet can handle sand. I have hundreds of miles of dirt roads at my disposal yet will have to ride stretches of pavement to get between them. I see some 26x2.1 cheap tires on nashbar, will that extra .1 inch be a problem or should I just get a 2.0 width tire?
Bought my first pair of riding shorts today, Bontrager Solstice. Really looking forward to breaking some distance records today!
Highly recommended: Cateye Velo 9. No BS, easy to use, it just works.
