Jim, One reason Foss stresses mounting the tube when totally deflated is they stretch very little. When I initially installed a pair on a (non Riv) bike, one had some air in and was basically impossible to seat on the rim.
BTW, the Foss tubes get even less pliable when cold. After struggling to re-install them on the same bike with studded tires, finally gave up and went to conventional tubes. Might try them again next spring. Already have formed some opinions of them as they were on for a few hundred miles. But plan to wait and see what others say before commenting. Don't want to bias folks one way or another. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Dec 4, 9:04 pm, jimD <rasterd...@comcast.net> wrote: > Since the rear JB green tire on my Riv Custom is showing significant wear and > recently had a flat I decided that this is good > time to try a Foss tube. > > The links on the Riv site lead to some interesting YouTube videos. The one > from Foss is very marketing-esque. > Foss seem very concerned with the tube moving within the tire. They also > stress where the connection mold mark should be located. They also stress > installing the tube un-inflated. Oh, they also make some claim about the > tubes 'not exploding' or > something of that sort. > > So I installed the 700C X 34-44 tube un-inflated on my OpenPro fabric tapped > rims. > I ignored Foss's paranoia about tube slip, skipped their custom sticky rim > strips, and kept the tube un-inflated during the install > process. I'm not sure why they insist that un-inflated is the way to go but > didn't want to temp fate since I'm dealing with new > tube technology here. > > This may be the only time in my life that I've installed a tube with out > putting a bit of air in it. > All went well and the tube seems to fit perfectly. Boy, I hope it isn't > slipping within the tire! > > I found an interesting video that is in a language I don't recognize by some > one who has 'slime' as a significant aspect of their > user name. As best as I could understand the video, it seems to advocate the > putting Slime in Foss tubes is the drop dead, > belt and suspenders, absolutely the cat's meow, way to go to avoid flats. > > If I was still living in Albuquerque I'd probably try this as a > countermeasure for heinous Goat Heads. > > I'll update my experience as things evolve. > > -JimD -- 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-bunch@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.
