On Thu, 2013-05-16 at 20:03 -0600, PATRICK MOORE wrote: > Hey Steve: as preparatory initiation to mounting Brand New Parigi > Roubaix on virgin rims, you ought to spend 10 years mounting Thorn > Proof Toobs on narrow rims under thick 'n' stiff sidewall'd tires. > Does wonderful things for your grip strength and the virtues of > patience and resignation.
Technique is certainly important. Every now and then you read somebody's comment about weak or sore thumbs, and you realize this person hasn't the faintest idea how to go about mounting a recalcitrant tire. Thumbs just don't enter into it, it's all in the palms. Patience, resignation, craftiness, talc, soap solution, they all play a part. I think with the Parigi-Roubaix pre-stretching will prove to be a winning technique. As for thorn proof tubes: there's a lot to not like about Metro DC, especially when the heat and humidity start to go through the roof, but at least we don't have Tribulus terrestris. I don't know how you stand it. (I also can't imagine how you ever thought that a tire as fragile as the Parigi-Roubaix could survive in an environment like the world of Mad Max... You need tracks, not tires, I think.) -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
