After experiencing problems with another brand on the 650b Synergy rims I tried the Hutchinson brand bought through Compass. The Hutchinson mounted easily, roll very well, are very comfortable and I am very pleased. Tim Petersen
On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 5:50:20 AM UTC-5, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > These are not brand new tires or wheels. I bought them with a new set of > wheels, if memory is good, a few years ago from someone on this list > (perhaps the guy who owns a shop in Minneapolis?) and they arrived with > pari moto tires. All was good. Last year, I decided to replace the Natty > Bumps on Pat's Betty because they really crowded the fenders and so bought > two new pari-motos, putting the new ones on the front of each bike. No > problem getting the tires on the rims at all, but when I took the bike out > on the road I got a vibration above 25mph. Investigation and some help > from here turned up the nature of the diving issue. I worked & worked at > it and got it fixed. This Spring I replaced the tube to fix a slow leak > problem and was very careful remounting the tire. I thought I was good > enough, but when I went out on the road, got the same front end noise. > I've redone the job but haven't had time to road test them. I'm feeling > pretty frustrated. > > Michael > > On Friday, April 29, 2016 at 11:02:35 PM UTC-4, Lungimsam wrote: >> >> Michael, >> >> The first mount on Synergies is the toughest. They seat much easier after >> that in my experience. No crying after the first time. >> >> But even with Synergies I had no problem pulling off and putting on >> tires. It was just the bead seating that was tough. >> But I found that as long as they were very close, maybe only one area of >> bead diving a smidge under the rim edge per side, they would seat the rest >> of the way with a slow spin up and down the street. Flat street. About a >> one minute ride. >> So if I just fixed a roadside Synergy flat and it wasnt seated easily, I >> would try riding it slowly for one minute and then get off and see if that >> smooshed everything in place. If all is good, ride on! >> >> But I can say I won't buy Synergies again if I have a choice. I like the >> GB rims so much. They seat almost automatically for the Hetres and Loups >> and Cypress. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
