Hi Max - Never used TireAlert. Interesting they offer tube replacement, but no patching. Lots more sewing to replace a tube.
I don't understand how using basetape instead of glue is cheating. IMHO, the only criteria is whether the adhesive on the basetape or glue holds the tire to the rim - without creep. Would not be fun if the tire came off the rim. Ordered a set of tubular wheels from Rich. Rich says Velocity can't come up with the rims till summer (at least). Still riding clinchers till the new wheels are ready. Namaste, Corwin On Saturday, April 25, 2020 at 5:39:00 AM UTC-7, Max S wrote: > > When I was a poor student and building a bike, I scored a great deal on a > wheelset via wreck.bikes Usenet group. $60. Turned out it was tubular. 🤣 I > read Jobst’s instructions on patching them (he was still active on the tech > forum!), then put out a plea for used / punctured sewups. I got 4 of them > for $10. I patched 3 successfully, and one forever had a leak. So I rode > for two years on the bombed out streets of Berkeley on those wheels and > tires, one tubular strapped under my seat, no flats! > > Nowadays it’s either fat 650b tires from Jan or Vittoria sewups with latex > tubes. > > I do have about 4 nice cross tires that need to be patched, so I’m > thinking I’ll send them to TireAlert... Anyone use their services? Good > experience? > > - Max “patching sewups during a pandemic is not a euphemism” in A2 -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/abd5c231-6acc-4d12-9e45-d4059bc8c114%40googlegroups.com.
