I never bothered to check. Apart from one Tom Slick that had a bump in it noticeable when I rode (it wasn't round) and one other tire I forget that tended to pop off the rim, I just mount and ride.
Well, mount, *inflate* and ride. Patrick "trying to stretch his Big Apple Liteskins from 60 mm to 70 mm" Moore, who doesn't use talc or soap or anythin' 'cept a pump. On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > To follow up, > > I bought a floor pump, dismounted the tires, soaped them up, > remounted, overinflated, still the same variability. Dismounted again, > covered (dry) bead in baby powder, remounted, overinflated to about > 90psi, left overnight, still about 0.5mm variability in tire width > (between 34.7 and 35.2mm for the 35mm Pasela on Synergy OC, at about > 35psi). The "witness line" is still not even all the way around, > varying by about 0.5mm. I tend to think that this is variability in > the tire, and not poor mounting, but what do I know. I am fairly > certain this variability is completely inconsequential, I am just > surprised it exists. > > I would be curious to know any of you who pride themselves on good > tire mounting skills can measure similar variability in tire width. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
