I have a kr-1 with the same old Rsoenhan split wheel as you describe. I had a flat last summer due to a safety wire that punctured the sidewall because I let the tire pressure get too low etc, etc.. I noticed that when I took it apart and patched the tube, that the original owner/builder had taped a light-weight piece of cardboard around the center of the wheel, presumably to prevent the tube from being pinched. 13yrs later the orignal tubes are holding up fine.
On 4/14/2010 4:47 PM, Dan Heath wrote: > I have the old Rosenhan split wheel. It has been impossible for me to get a > tube in it without cutting the tube by pinching it between the halves. I > have lightly inflated the tube, put baby powder all over everything, and > still the tube got split. The really bad thing about this, is that it will > hold air and you can't know that it is not right. So, I had to land with a > flat tire, and got very lucky. I don't want to count on luck any more. > > > > Does anyone know of a supply source for 11X4X5 wheels made to replace the > old Rosenhan, now called Matco, that are made for the external hydraulic > brake disk, that is a single piece wheel, where the tire can be put on it, > like it is on a car.? > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > Daniel R. Heath > > da...@windstream.net > > See N64KR at<http://krbuilder.org/> http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on > the pics > > See you at the 2010 - KR Gathering in Richmond, Ky - I39 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
