Updated design provides greater protection whilst lighter than previous modelLightweight survival shelter for up to 6 persons or 4 people with rucksacks. An essential item of safety equipment for any outdoor activity survival shelters are now increasingly used by mountain rescue teams outdoor centres hiking clubs and youth groupsOriginally designed as lightweight emergency shelters they create a surprisingly warm and sheltered internal microclimateThey can also be useful for meal breaks route planning map reading or any other situation that requires a warm sheltered environmentSiliconised and PU coated ripstop nylon fabric to withstand the elements4000m hydrostatic head & taped seams to keep out the wind and rainWindow and air-ventReflective top strips for increased visibilityWaterproof seated panels & draw cord closureIntegral stuff sackWeight: 510gPacked: 22 x 12 x 12cmUnpacked: 140 x 90 x 80cm
Shelter is a self-adhesive, transparent protection with visco-elastic behaviour that protects carbon-fibre or metal structures it’s applied to. Available in two versions, Road and Off-Road, and three different formats each (Kit, Pack and Roll).Off Road - 1.2mm thick,Road - 0.6mm thick.Shelter Tape Off Road Kit Contains the following cut outs: 1 x Down Tube, 1 x Chain Stay, 1 x Top Tube/ Head Tube, 5 x Cable/ Hose spots.Shelter Tape Road Kit Contains the following cut outs:1 x Down Tube, 1 x Chain Stay, 8 x Cable spots, 4 presta valve hole (to reduce noise).Shelter Tape Road Pack and Off Road Pack contain:Two 54mm x 500mm lengths to be custom cut to your needs.Shelter Tape Road Roll and Off Road Roll contain:One 54mm x 5m length to be custom cut to your needs.Shelter tape is a multi-layer acrylic protection tape which dissipates any impact energy on two axisEach layer spreads loads vertically and horizontally, the impact energy decreases at each layer, protecting the bike framePerfect for carbon frames where the surface epoxy resin can be brittle and sensitive to impactsThe tape is clear, does not hide graphics and can be applied easily
Shelter Wheel Kit is made of 35 washers that fit snugly over the valve stem, gluing at its base, with an elegant and almost invisible silencing effect.It's also great to balance wheels, with an additional vibration-reducing action.Key Features:Eliminates valve noises, especially on high-profile rims,Shelter washers can be used to finely balance wheels,Visco-Elastic behaviour reduced vibrations.How to silence valves:Shelter Wheel Kit is made of 35 washers that fit snugly over the valve stem, gluing at its base. With minimum bulk and weight, they provide an elegant and almost invisible silencing effect, cancelling unwanted valve movements and vibrations. The re-sealable bag makes sure washers retain their properties if needed for successive applications.Once Shelter washers are applied on the rim, it’s possible to remove the valve an re-insert it without loosing the silencing effect. This is just one application of our Shelter Wheel Kit, but there’s more.Nobody would drive a fast car whose wheels haven’t been carefully balanced after mounting tyres on.Current high performance bicycle wheels, with fancy ceramic bearings, lightweight carbon rims, cannot deliver their full potential if not properly balanced.It’s an easy task that only requires a Shelter Wheel Kit, a wheel truing stand (or a bicycle turned upside down..), patience and some minutes per wheel.Much nicer and effective than electrical tape to silence valves on high-end wheelsMuch nicer (and effective) than electrical tape to silence valves on high-end wheelsHow to balance wheels:Mount the tyre (and eventually disk) on the wheel, so that the wheel is in its rideable form.IMPORTANT: if balancing a tubeless wheel, make sure there’s very little or no liquid sealant inside (that can be added later). Liquid sealant spreads while riding without creating wheel unbalance, but it will interfere with static balancing.Place the wheel on a truing stand and make sure it can rotate freely.With a gentle push, make the wheel spin. After a few complete rotations in the direction of the push, the wheel will enter a pendulum phase where it makes partial rotations, back and forth. Behaving like a pendulum, the excess of weight on the wheel is subject to a restoring force (due to gravity) that accelerates it toward the equilibrium position. Amplitude of swings will reduce until the wheel stops: the lowest point is where the excess weight is.Often wheels stop with the valve at the lowest point… but sometimes uneven weight distribution on the tyre or less-than-accurate carbon fiber lay up overcompensate that, and the lowest point is not corresponding to the valve.Keeping the lowest point of the rim/tyre as reference, identify the opposite point on the rim (you can find it using a ruler, aligned with the lowest point and the wheel axle) and adhere a Shelter washer there.Repeat the process from #1. Each time the heaviest point may move slightly (because of friction in the hub), but it will normally remain within a +-10 cm (4 inches) range.The wheel is balanced when, upon making it turn, IT WILL STOP WITHOUT ENTERING THE PENDULUM PHASE (it won’t change its rotation sense). With each subsequent spin, the lowest point when the wheel stops is a random point on the circumference, changing every time and depending on bearing friction.Washers can be adhered one on top of the other, or side by side, on top of the rim or on its side (depending on rim profile/size).A good trick, although not always possible, is finding a spoke that’s close to the lightest point of the wheel and cutting the washer on one side, so that the washer can be put around the spoke.Each Shelter washer weights around 1 g. Typical wheel unbalance ranges from 4 to 12 grams.Visco-elasticity reduces vibrations:That’s an added bonus when balancing a wheel with Shelter washers.The transmission of vibrational energy through any structure can be reduced by introducing visco-elastic materials at discrete points. It’s exactly what Shelter does, contributing to reduce vibrations on very stiff wheels.
Shelter is a self-adhesive, transparent protection with visco-elastic behaviour that protects carbon-fibre or metal structures it’s applied to. Available in two versions, Road and Off-Road.Key Features:Shelter tape is a multi-layer acrylic protection tape which dissipates any impact energy on two axis. ,Each layer spreads loads vertically and horizontally, the impact energy decreases at each layer, protecting the bike frame. ,Perfect for carbon frames where the surface epoxy resin can be brittle and sensitive to impacts.,The tape is clear, does not hide graphics and can be applied easily.,Impact test video available for viewing below,Off Road - 1.2mm thick.,Road - 0.6mm thick.